KJV King James Version
Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb.
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Job 8:12
Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass.
WEB World English Bible
While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.
ASV American Standard Version
Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
While it is in its budding—uncropped, Even before any herb it withereth.
Surrounding context — Job 8
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.
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
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Jeremiah 17:6For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, [in] a salt land and not inhabited.Psalm 129:6-7Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:1 Peter 1:24For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:Matthew 13:20But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;James 1:10-11But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
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