Job 8:11
Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
In Context
10Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?
12Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.
Cross References
Isaiah 19:5Then the waters of the sea shall faile, and the riuers shall be dryed vp, and wasted.
Matthew Henry on Job 8:9-20
8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? 11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? 12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:… Read the whole commentary →