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10 Will they themselves[a] not teach you and tell you[b]
and utter[c] words from their heart?
11 Can papyrus grow tall where there is not a marsh?
Will reeds flourish without water?[d]
12 While it is in its flower and is not plucked,
yet[e] it withers before[f] all grass.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:10 Emphatic personal pronoun
  2. Job 8:10 Literally “they will say to you”
  3. Job 8:10 Literally “they will bring out”
  4. Job 8:11 Or “where there is no water”
  5. Job 8:12 Hebrew “and”
  6. Job 8:12 Literally “to the faces of”

10 Will they not instruct(A) you and tell you?
    Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?(B)
11 Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?(C)
    Can reeds(D) thrive without water?
12 While still growing and uncut,
    they wither more quickly than grass.(E)

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