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


In Context

9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow:)

10 And they shall teach thee: they shall speak to thee, and utter words out of their hearts.

11 Can the rush be green without moisture? or a sedge-bush grow without water?

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

13 Even so are the ways of all that forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite shall perish:

14 His folly shall not please him, and his trust shall be like the 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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.