Job 8:11-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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.(A)
13 Such are the paths of all who forget God;
the hope of the godless shall perish.(B)
14 Their confidence is gossamer,
a spider’s house their trust.
15 If one leans against its house, it will not stand;
if one lays hold of it, it will not endure.(C)
16 The wicked thrive[a] before the sun,
and their shoots spread over the garden.(D)
17 Their roots twine around the stoneheap;
they live among the rocks.[b]
18 If they are destroyed from their place,
then it will deny them, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’(E)
19 See, these are their happy ways,[c]
and out of the earth still others will spring.
Job 8:11-19
International Standard Version
11 “Can papyrus grow where there’s no marsh?
Can reeds flourish without water?
12 While they are still green
and not yet ready to be harvested,
they wither before any plant.
13 Such are the paths of everyone who forgets God—
the hope of the godless will be destroyed:
14 his confidence is shattered;
his trust is in a spider’s web.
15 He leans against his house,
but it won’t stand;
he grabs hold of it firmly,
but it doesn’t last.
16 He is a fresh sapling planted in the sunlight,
spreading out its branches over its garden.
17 Its roots weave around a pile of stones,
seeking to entrench itself among the rocks.
18 If he is uprooted[a] from his place,
then it will deny him:
‘I never saw you.’
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