“Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?

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  • WEB World English Bible

    “Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?

  • KJV King James Version

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

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?

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Cross-references (2)

Passages linked to Job 8:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Exodus 2:3 When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.
  • Isaiah 19:5-7 The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry. The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away. The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.

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Explain this verse (17 sources)

Historical commentary, presented as a primary source — not an endorsement.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain As a rush cannot grow without moistness, so cannot…

As a rush cannot grow without moistness, so cannot the hypocrite, because he hath not faith, which is moistened with God’s Spirit.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 8:11 Can the rush grow up without mire?…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Without mire, i.e. if it be not in moist…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Whilst it is yet in its greenness,.... Before it…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Can, &c. - The hypocrite cannot build his hope,…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 11. Can the rush grow] The word גמא…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Job 8:11-12. Can the rush grow without mire, &c.…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Can the rush - This passage has all the…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Sedge-bush, or flag. Hebrew achu; so called, because from…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain rush--rather, "paper-reed": The papyrus of Egypt, which was used…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain b. The luxuriant water-reeds that tower above the marshes…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. The ancient wisdom itself. This wisdom is plainly…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) The flag is the plant of Gen_41:2, which…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Can the rush grow up without mire? The word…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Can the rush grow up without mire?
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 8:11 Papyrus reeds grow as high as ten to…

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