Bildad said,\par “Can papyrus {\cf2\super [16]} grow tall on a dry land?\par Can reeds grow without water?\par
Job 8:12 - Easy To Read Version No. If the water dries up,\par then they will also be dry.\par They will be too small to cut and use.\par 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. |
Bildad said,\par “Can papyrus {\cf2\super [16]} grow tall on a dry land?\par Can reeds grow without water?\par
People who forget God\par are like those reeds.\par The person who forgets God,\par has no hope.\par
All the rivers will smell very bad. {\cf2\super [188]} The canals in Egypt will become dry and the water will be gone. All the water plants will rot.
Those people are like a bush in a desert.\par That bush is in a land where no people live.\par That bush is in a hot and dry land.\par That bush is in a bad soil.\par That bush does not know\par about the good things that God can give.\par
And what is the seed that fell on rocky ground? That seed is like the person that hears the teaching and quickly and gladly accepts that teaching.