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Job 8:11

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Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?

Job 8:12

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While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.

Job 8:13

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Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.

Job 8:14

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What he trusts in is fragile ; what he relies on is a spider's web.

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Job 8:15

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He leans on his web, but it gives way; he clings to it, but it does not hold.

Job 8:16

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He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;

Job 8:17

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it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.

Job 8:18

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But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, 'I never saw you.'

Job 8:19

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Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow.

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