NET Bible
"While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!"
— Job 8:12, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.
Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding?
Can the papyrus plant grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?
While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes,
whose trust is in something futile, whose security is a spider’s web.
He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.