Job 8:11-19

11Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

12While still uncut shoots, they would dry up quicker than any other plant.

13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless will perish.

14His source of confidence is fragile; what he trusts in is a spider’s web.

15He leans on his web, but it doesn’t stand firm. He grabs it, but it does not hold up.

16He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine; his shoots spread out over his garden.

17His roots are intertwined around a pile of rocks. He looks for a home among the stones.

18If he is uprooted from his place, it will deny knowing him, saying, “I never saw you.”

19Surely this is the joy of his way of life; yet others will sprout from the dust.