Job 8

Job · Chapter 8

Job 8:11

1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,2How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?3Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?4If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;5If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.7Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.8For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?11Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?12Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:14Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.16He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.17His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.18If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.20Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
11Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water?

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
¿ will it grow tallהֲיִֽגְאֶה־ha-yig-'eh-H1342
to rise up

גָּאָה (ga.ah) 1) to rise up, grow up, be exalted in triumph 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to rise up 1a2) to grow up 1a3) to be lifted up, be raised up, be exalted

papyrusגֹּ֭מֶאGO-me'H1573
reed

גֹּ֫מֶא (go.me) rush, reed, papyrus

with notבְּלֹ֣אbe-LO'H3808
not

לֹא (lo) 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) Aramaic equivalent: la (לָא "not" H3809)

marshבִצָּ֑הvi-TZAHH1207
swamp

בִּצָּה (bits.tsah) swamp, marsh

will it grow?יִשְׂגֶּה־yis-geh-H7685A
to grow

שָׂגָה (sa.gah) 1) to grow, increase 1a) (Qal) to grow (of plant)

reed[s]אָ֥חוּ'A-chuH0260
meadow

אָחוּ (a.chu) reeds, marsh plants, rushes

notבְלִי־ve-li-H1097
without

בְּלִי (be.li) subst 1) wearing out adv of negation 2) without, no, not

waterמָֽיִם׃MA-yimH4325G
water

מַי (ma.yim) 1) water, waters 1a) water 1b) water of the feet, urine 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.