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"Can papyrus grow tall without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?

Job 8:11

Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

"While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant.

Job 8:12

Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

"So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish,

Job 8:13

So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

His confidence is fragile, And his trust is a spider's web.

Job 8:14

Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.

"He depends on his house, but it does not stand; He holds on to it, but it does not endure.

Job 8:15

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

"He flourishes before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden.

Job 8:16

He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

"His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones.

Job 8:17

His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

"If he is removed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, 'I never saw you.'

Job 8:18

If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

"Behold, this is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring.

Job 8:19

Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

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