the joy of the wicked has been brief and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?
Job 8:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised While still uncut shoots, they would dry up quicker than any other plant. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
the joy of the wicked has been brief and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?
Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless will perish.
The channels will stink; they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched. Reed and rush will wilt.
He will be like a juniper in the Arabah; he cannot see when good comes but dwells in the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land where no one lives.
And the one sown on rocky ground #– #this is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.
For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,