VERSE STUDY • KJV

Job 8:11

Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

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Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

“Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?

Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water?

‘Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water?

8 For inquire, 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:

14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a spider’s web.

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