Job 8:11-19

11“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds flourish without water?

12While it is yet green and not cut down, It withers before any other plant.

13So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,

14Whose confidence shall be cut off, And whose trust is a spider’s web.

15He leans on his house, but it does not stand. He holds it fast, but it does not endure.

16He grows green in the sun, And his branches spread out in his garden.

17His roots wrap around the rock heap, And look for a place in the stones.

18If he is destroyed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’

19“Behold, this is the joy of His way, And out of the earth others will grow.