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


In Context

9 for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.

10 Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?

11 Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?

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

13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.

14 What he trusts in is fragile ; what he relies on 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 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 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.