Job 8:11 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

Job 8:11

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(For we {are but of} yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth {are} a shadow:) {nothing: Heb. not}

Shall not they teach thee, {and} tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

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

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

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

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Job 8:1

"Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,"

Job 8:2

"How long wilt thou speak these {things}? and {how long shall} the words of thy mouth {be like} a strong wind?"

Job 8:3

"Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?"

Job 8:4

"If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; {for...: Heb. in the hand of their transgression}"

Job 8:5

"If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;"

Job 8:6

"If thou {wert} pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous."

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