Job 8:8-13

New International Version

⁸ “Ask the former generation^(A)
    and find out what their ancestors learned,
⁹ for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,^(B)
    and our days on earth are but a shadow.^(C)
10 Will they not instruct^(D) you and tell you?
    Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?^(E)
11 Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?^(F)
    Can reeds^(G) thrive without water?
¹² While still growing and uncut,
    they wither more quickly than grass.^(H)
13 Such is the destiny^(I) of all who forget God;^(J)
    so perishes the hope of the godless.^(K)