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.’

¹⁹ “Indeed, this is the benefit of God’s^[b] way:
    from the soil other plants^[c] will sprout.