Job 8:11-19
New American Standard Bible
11 “Can papyrus grow tall without a marsh?
Can the rushes grow without water?
12 While it is still green and not cut down,
Yet it withers before any other [a]plant.
13 So are the paths of (A)all who forget God;
And the (B)hope of the godless will perish,
14 His confidence is fragile,
And his trust is a (C)spider’s [b]web.
15 He depends on his (D)house, but it does not stand;
He holds on to it, but it does not endure.
16 He (E)flourishes before the sun,
And his (F)shoots spread out over his garden.
17 His roots wrap around a rock pile,
He [c]grasps a house of stones.
18 If he is [d]removed from (G)his place,
Then it will deny him, saying, ‘(H)I never saw you.’
19 Behold, (I)this is the joy of His way;
And out of the dust others will spring.
Job 8:11-19
Revised 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 wither before any other plant.
13 Such are the paths of all who forget God;
the hope of the godless man shall perish.
14 His confidence breaks in sunder,
and his trust is a spider’s web.[a]
15 He leans against his house, but it does not stand;
he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.
16 He thrives before the sun,
and his shoots spread over his garden.
17 His roots twine about the stoneheap;
he lives among the rocks.[b]
18 If he is destroyed from his place,
then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’
19 Behold, this is the joy of his way;
and out of the earth others will spring.
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