Catholic Public Domain Version
"When it is still in flower, and has not been pulled up by hand, it withers before all other plants. "
— Job 8:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Whilst it is yet in his 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. ”
“While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.”
“While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!”
“When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked up with the hand, it withereth before all herbs.”
“When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant.”
“Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.”
(of course, we are but of yesterday and are ignorant that our days on earth are like a shadow,)
and they will teach you; they will speak with you and will offer you the eloquence of their hearts.
Can the marsh plant live without moisture? Or can sedges grow without water?
When it is still in flower, and has not been pulled up by hand, it withers before all other plants.
Just so are the ways of all who forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite will perish.
His frenzy will not please him, and his faith will be like a spider’s web.
He will lean on his house, and it will not stand; he will prop it up, but it will not rise.