Job 8:12
What does Job 8:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 8:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862While it <FI>is<Fi> in its budding--uncropped, Even before any herb it withereth.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked up with the hand, it withereth before all herbs.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 129:6
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;
- James 1:10
and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
- Matthew 13:20
And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it;
- 1 Peter 1:24
For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:
- Jeremiah 17:6
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.
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