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


In Context

9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)

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

11 |Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?

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

13 So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish,

14 Whose confidence shall break apart, Whose trust 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 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 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.