Job 8:11-19

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹¹ “Can papyrus grow up where there is no swamp?
Can rushes grow tall without water?
¹² Even if they were fresh and not cut,
they would wither quicker than grass.
¹³ The same thing happens to all who forget God.
The hope of the godless dies.
¹⁴ His confidence is easily shattered.
His trust is a spider’s web.
¹⁵ If one leans on his house, it collapses.
If one holds on to it, it will not support his weight.
¹⁶ He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine.
The shoots spread over his garden.
¹⁷ Its roots weave through a pile of stones.
They cling to a stone house.
¹⁸ But when it is uprooted from its place,
⌞the ground⌟ denies it ⌞and says⌟, ‘I never saw you!’
¹⁹ That is its joy in this life,
and others sprout from the same ground to ⌞take its place⌟.