that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Job 8:12 - Revised Standard Version While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, It withereth before any other herb. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition While it is yet green, in flower, and not cut down, it withers before any other herb [when without water]. American Standard Version (1901) Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, It withereth before any other herb. Common English Bible While still tender, uncut, it will wither before every other grass. Catholic Public Domain Version When it is still in flower, and has not been pulled up by hand, it withers before all other plants. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked up with the hand, it withereth before all herbs. |
that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
“Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless man shall perish.
and its canals will become foul, and the branches of Egypt's Nile will diminish and dry up, reeds and rushes will rot away.
He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land.
As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;
for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,