In Context

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.

15 He leans on his web, but it gives way; he clings to it, but it does not hold.

16 He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;

Job 8:14 in Other Translations