That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Job 8:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, It withereth before any other herb. More versionsKing 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 triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:
And the rivers shall stink; the streams of Egypt shall be minished and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither away.
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.
And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it;
For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth: