Job 8:11-19

11“Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh? Can marsh grass flourish without water?

12While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut, they begin to wither more quickly than grass.

13The same happens to all who forget God. The hopes of the godless evaporate.

14Their confidence hangs by a thread. They are leaning on a spider’s web.

15They cling to their home for security, but it won’t last. They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.

16The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine, its branches spreading across the garden.

17Its roots grow down through a pile of stones; it takes hold on a bed of rocks.

18But when it is uprooted, it’s as though it never existed!

19That’s the end of its life, and others spring up from the earth to replace it.