Job 8:12

A Conservative Version

While it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, it withers before any [other] herb.

Cross References

Jeremiah 17:6

For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

1 Peter 1:24

Because all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as a flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower of it falls away,

Matthew 13:20

And that which was sown upon the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and straightaway receiving it with joy,

Job 8:11

Can the rush grow up without mire? Can a reed grow without water?

Job 8:13

So are the paths of all who forget God. And the hope of the profane man shall perish,

Job 20:5

that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the profane but for a moment?

Isaiah 19:6

And the rivers shall become foul. The streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags shall wither away.