Job 8:11-19

English Standard Version

¹¹ “Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh?
    Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
¹² While yet in flower and not cut down,
    they ^(A)wither before any other plant.
¹³ Such are the paths of all who ^(B)forget God;
    ^(C)the hope of ^(D)the godless shall perish.
¹⁴ His confidence is severed,
    and his trust is ^(E)a spider's web.^[a]
15 He leans against his ^(F)house, but it does not stand;
    he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.
¹⁶ He is a lush plant before the sun,
    and his ^(G)shoots spread over his garden.
¹⁷ His roots entwine the stone heap;
    he looks upon a house of stones.
¹⁸ If he is destroyed from his ^(H)place,
    then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never ^(I)seen you.’
¹⁹ Behold, this is the joy of his way,
    and out of ^(J)the soil others will spring.