Job 8:12

New International Reader's Version

While they are still growing and haven’t been cut, they dry up faster than grass does.

Cross References

Job 20:5

Those who are evil are happy for only a short time. The joy of ungodly people lasts only for a moment.

Job 8:11

Can grass grow tall where there isn’t any swamp? Can plants grow well where there isn’t any water?

Job 8:13

The same thing happens to everyone who forgets God. The hope of ungodly people dies out.

Isaiah 19:6

Its canals will stink. And the streams of Egypt will get smaller and smaller until they dry up. The tall grass that grows along the river will dry up.

Jeremiah 17:6

They will be like a bush in a dry and empty land. They will not enjoy success when it comes. They will live in dry places in the desert. It is a land of salt where no one else lives.

Matthew 13:20

The seed that fell on rocky places is like other people. They hear the message and at once receive it with joy.

1 Peter 1:24

It is written, “All people are like grass. All their glory is like the flowers in the field. The grass dries up. The flowers fall to the ground.