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Job 8:11
11Some plants only grow tall in wet ground. Reeds only grow well where there is water.
Job 8:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
- New International Version (NIV)Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds flourish without water?
Context of Job 8:11
9We have not lived for very long, so we do not know very much. Our lives are like shadows that quickly disappear. 10But the people who lived before us can teach you. They can tell you the things that they have learned. Some plants only grow tall in wet ground. Reeds only grow well where there is water. 12If the water is no longer there, they will quickly die. They will die before they are ready for people to cut them. They become useless more quickly than grass. 13People who turn away from God are like those plants. Their hope quickly disappears.
Read all of Job 8Job 8:11 word by word
הֲיִֽגְאֶה־גֹּ֭מֶא בְּלֹ֣א בִצָּ֑ה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָ֥חוּ בְלִי־מָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 8:11
- Exodus 2:3Then she could not continue to hide him. So she took a basket that was made from river grass. She painted the basket with tar, to keep the water out of it. Then she put her baby in the basket. She put the basket among the reeds at the edge of the river.
- Isaiah 19:5The water of the sea will become dry. The Nile river will also become dry and it will have no water in it.
Commentaries on Job 8:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Can the rush grow - The word גמא gome, which we translate rush, is, without doubt, the Egyptian flag papyrus, on which the ancients wrote, and from which our paper derives its name. The Septuagint, who made their Greek translation in Egypt, (if this book made a part of it), and knew well the import of each word in both languages, render גמא gome by papyrus, thus: ̔ ; Can the Papyrus flourish without water? Their translation leaves no doubt concerning the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Can the rush - This passage has all the appearance of being a fragment of a poem handed down from ancient times. It is adduced by Bildad as an example of the views of the ancients, and, as the connection would seem to imply, as a specimen of the sentiments of those who lived before the life of man had been abridged. It was customary in the early ages of the world to communicate knowledge of all kinds by maxims, moral sayings, and proverbs; by apothegms…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-19Verses 8-19 Bildad discourses well of hypocrites and evil-doers, and the fatal end of all their hopes and joys. He proves this truth of the destruction of the hopes and joys of hypocrites, by an appeal to former times. Bildad refers to the testimony of the ancients. Those teach best that utter words out of their heart, that speak from an experience of spiritual and divine things. A rush growing in fenny ground, looking very green, but withering in dry…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Papyrus reeds can grow as high as three to four and one-half meters (ten to fifteen feet).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. rush--rather, "paper-reed": The papyrus of Egypt, which was used to make garments, shoes, baskets, boats, and paper (a word derived from it). It and the flag, or bulrush, grow only in marshy places (such as are along the Nile). So the godless thrives only in external prosperity; there is in the hypocrite no inward stability; his prosperity is like the rapid growth of water plants.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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