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Job 8:11
Job 8:11 is verse 11 of Job chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
King James Version
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
World English Bible
“Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?
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Job 8:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
9 For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
10 Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?
11 Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
12 While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.
13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 2:3But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
Isaiah 19:5The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.
Isaiah 19:6The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.
Isaiah 19:7The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more.