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Job 8:12
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Christian Standard Bible®
While still uncut shoots,they would dry up quicker than any other plant.
While still uncut shoots,they would dry up quicker than any other plant.
Hebrew Names Version
While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, It withers before any other reed.
While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, It withers before any other reed.
King James Version
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
English Standard Version
While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.
While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.
New Century Version
While they are still growing and not yet cut, they will dry up quicker than grass.
While they are still growing and not yet cut, they will dry up quicker than grass.
New English Translation
While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!
While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!
Amplified Bible
"While it is still green (in flower) and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant [when without water].
"While it is still green (in flower) and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant [when without water].
New American Standard Bible
"While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant.
"While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant.
World English Bible
While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, It withers before any other reed.
While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, It withers before any other reed.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.
Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.
Legacy Standard Bible
While it is still green and not cut down,Yet it dries up before any other plant.
While it is still green and not cut down,Yet it dries up before any other plant.
Berean Standard Bible
While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.
While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.
Contemporary English Version
and if the water dries up, they die sooner than grass.
and if the water dries up, they die sooner than grass.
Complete Jewish Bible
While still green, before being cut down, it dries up faster than any other plant.
While still green, before being cut down, it dries up faster than any other plant.
Darby Translation
Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass.
Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass.
Easy-to-Read Version
No, they will dry up before harvest. They will be too small to cut and use.
No, they will dry up before harvest. They will be too small to cut and use.
George Lamsa Translation
While they are yet in their greenness, and not cut down, they wither before any other herb.
While they are yet in their greenness, and not cut down, they wither before any other herb.
Good News Translation
If the water dries up, they are the first to wither, while still too small to be cut and used.
If the water dries up, they are the first to wither, while still too small to be cut and used.
Lexham English Bible
While it is in its flower and is not plucked, yet it withers before all grass.
While it is in its flower and is not plucked, yet it withers before all grass.
Literal Translation
While it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it dries out before every plant.
While it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it dries out before every plant.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
No: but (or euer it be shot forth, and or euer it be gathered) it wythereth, before eny other herbe.
No: but (or euer it be shot forth, and or euer it be gathered) it wythereth, before eny other herbe.
American Standard Version
Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.
Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.
Bible in Basic English
When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant.
When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
King James Version (1611)
Whilest it is yet in his greennesse, and not cut downe, it withereth before any other herbe.
Whilest it is yet in his greennesse, and not cut downe, it withereth before any other herbe.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
No, but whilste it is nowe in his greennesse, though it be not cut downe, yet withereth it before any other hearbe:
No, but whilste it is nowe in his greennesse, though it be not cut downe, yet withereth it before any other hearbe:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
When it is yet on the root, and though it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?
When it is yet on the root, and though it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?
English Revised Version
Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whanne it is yit in the flour, nethir is takun with hond, it wexeth drie bifor alle erbis.
Whanne it is yit in the flour, nethir is takun with hond, it wexeth drie bifor alle erbis.
Update Bible Version
While it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, It withers before any [other] herb.
While it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, It withers before any [other] herb.
Webster's Bible Translation
Whilst it [is] yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb.
Whilst it [is] yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb.
New King James Version
While it is yet green and not cut down, It withers before any other plant.
While it is yet green and not cut down, It withers before any other plant.
New Living Translation
While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut, they begin to wither more quickly than grass.
While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut, they begin to wither more quickly than grass.
New Life Bible
While it is still green and not cut, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant.
While it is still green and not cut, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant.
New Revised Standard
While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.
While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Though while still, in its freshness, it be not plucked off, yet, before any kind of grass, it doth wither:
Though while still, in its freshness, it be not plucked off, yet, before any kind of grass, it doth wither:
Douay-Rheims Bible
When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked u with the hand, it withereth before all herbs.
When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked u with the hand, it withereth before all herbs.
Revised Standard Version
While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.
While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.
Young's Literal Translation
While it [is] in its budding -- uncropt, Even before any herb it withereth.
While it [is] in its budding -- uncropt, Even before any herb it withereth.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant.
"While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant.
Contextual Overview
8"Put the question to our ancestors, study what they learned from their ancestors. For we're newcomers at this, with a lot to learn, and not too long to learn it. So why not let the ancients teach you, tell you what's what, instruct you in what they knew from experience? Can mighty pine trees grow tall without soil? Can luscious tomatoes flourish without water? Blossoming flowers look great before they're cut or picked, but without soil or water they wither more quickly than grass. That's what happens to all who forget God— all their hopes come to nothing. They hang their life from one thin thread, they hitch their fate to a spider web. One jiggle and the thread breaks, one jab and the web collapses. Or they're like weeds springing up in the sunshine, invading the garden, Spreading everywhere, overtaking the flowers, getting a foothold even in the rocks. But when the gardener rips them out by the roots, the garden doesn't miss them one bit. The sooner the godless are gone, the better; then good plants can grow in their place.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 129:6, Psalms 129:7, Jeremiah 17:6, Matthew 13:20, James 1:10, James 1:11, 1 Peter 1:24
Reciprocal: Esther 5:12 - to morrow
Cross-References
Genesis 8:7
He sent out a raven; it flew back and forth waiting for the floodwaters to dry up. Then he sent a dove to check on the flood conditions, but it couldn't even find a place to perch—water still covered the Earth. Noah reached out and caught it, brought it back into the ship.
He sent out a raven; it flew back and forth waiting for the floodwaters to dry up. Then he sent a dove to check on the flood conditions, but it couldn't even find a place to perch—water still covered the Earth. Noah reached out and caught it, brought it back into the ship.
Genesis 8:10
He waited seven more days and sent out the dove again. It came back in the evening with a freshly picked olive leaf in its beak. Noah knew that the flood was about finished.
He waited seven more days and sent out the dove again. It came back in the evening with a freshly picked olive leaf in its beak. Noah knew that the flood was about finished.
Isaiah 25:9
Also at that time, people will say, "Look at what's happened! This is our God! We waited for him and he showed up and saved us! This God , the one we waited for! Let's celebrate, sing the joys of his salvation. God 's hand rests on this mountain!" As for the Moabites, they'll be treated like refuse, waste shoveled into a cesspool. Thrash away as they will, like swimmers trying to stay afloat, They'll sink in the sewage. Their pride will pull them under. Their famous fortifications will crumble to nothing, those mighty walls reduced to dust.
Also at that time, people will say, "Look at what's happened! This is our God! We waited for him and he showed up and saved us! This God , the one we waited for! Let's celebrate, sing the joys of his salvation. God 's hand rests on this mountain!" As for the Moabites, they'll be treated like refuse, waste shoveled into a cesspool. Thrash away as they will, like swimmers trying to stay afloat, They'll sink in the sewage. Their pride will pull them under. Their famous fortifications will crumble to nothing, those mighty walls reduced to dust.
Isaiah 30:18
But God 's not finished. He's waiting around to be gracious to you. He's gathering strength to show mercy to you. God takes the time to do everything right—everything. Those who wait around for him are the lucky ones.
But God 's not finished. He's waiting around to be gracious to you. He's gathering strength to show mercy to you. God takes the time to do everything right—everything. Those who wait around for him are the lucky ones.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Whilst it [is] yet in its greenness,.... Before it is come to its full height, or to a proper ripeness; when as yet it has not flowered, or is about it; before the time usual for it to turn and change; it being without moisture, water, or watery clay, will change;
[and] not cut down; by the scythe, or cropped by the hand of man,
it withereth before any [other] herb; of itself; rather sooner than such that do not require so much moisture; or in the sight and presence of them, they looking on as it were, and deriding it; a poetical representation, as Schultens observes: next follows the accommodation of these similes to wicked and hypocritical men.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Whilst it is yet in his greenness - That is, while it seems to be in its vigor.
And is not cut down - Even when it is not cut down. If suffered to stand by itself, and if undisturbed, it will wither away. The application of this is obvious and beautiful. Such plants have no self sustaining power. They are dependent on moisture for their support. If that is withheld, they droop and die. So with the prosperous sinner and the hypocrite. His piety, compared with that which is genuine, is like the spongy texture of the paper-reed compared with the solid oak. He is sustained in his professed religion by outward prosperity, as the rush is nourished by moisture; and the moment his prosperity is withdrawn, his religion droops and dies like the flag without water.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 8:12. Whilst it is yet in his greenness — We do not know enough of the natural history of this plant to be able to discern the strength of this allusion; but we learn from it that, although this plant be very succulent, and grow to a great size, yet it is short-lived, and speedily withers; and this we may suppose to be in the dry season, or on the retreat of the waters of the Nile. However, Soon RIPE, soon ROTTEN, is a maxim in horticulture.
