12Whilst it is yet in its greenness and not cut down, it withereth before any other grass.


In Context

9 For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.

10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

11 Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?

12 Whilst it is yet in its greenness and not cut down, it withereth before any other grass.

13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the profane man's hope shall perish,

14 Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web.

Job 8:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:12Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:12While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:12When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked up with the hand, it withereth before all herbs.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:12Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:12Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12While it is in its budding — uncropped, Even before any herb it withereth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:12Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it wither before any other herb.