約伯記 8:11

11 蒲 草 沒 有 泥 豈 能 發 長 ？ 蘆 荻 沒 有 水 豈 能 生 發 ？

約伯記 8:11 Meaning and Commentary

Job 8:11

Can the rush grow up without mire?
&c.] No, at least not long, or so as to lift up his head on high, as the word signifies ^F1; the rush or bulrush, which seems to be meant, delights in watery places, and has its name in Hebrew from its absorbing or drinking up water; it grows in moist and watery clay, or in marshy places, which Jarchi says is the sense of the word here used; the Septuagint understands it of the "paper reed", which, as Pliny ^F2 observes, grows in the marshy places of Egypt, and by the still waters of the river Nile:

can the flag grow without water?
or "the sedge" ^F3; which usually grows in moist places, and on the banks of rivers; this unless in such places, or if without water, cannot grow long, or make any very large increase, or come to maturity; so some ^F4 render it, "if the rush should grow up without" then it would be with it as follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (hagyh) "an attollit se", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius; "an superbiet", so some; Beza, Schultens.
F2 Nat. Hist. l. 13. c. 11.
F3 (wxa) "carectum", V. L. "ulva", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schmidt, Michaelis, Schultens.
F4 Sic Bar Tzemach & Belgae.

約伯記 8:11 In-Context

9 我 們 不 過 從 昨 日 才 有 ， 一 無 所 知 ； 我 們 在 世 的 日 子 好 像 影 兒 。

10 他 們 豈 不 指 教 你 ， 告 訴 你 ， 從 心 裡 發 出 言 語 來 呢 ？

11 蒲 草 沒 有 泥 豈 能 發 長 ？ 蘆 荻 沒 有 水 豈 能 生 發 ？

12 尚 青 的 時 候 ， 還 沒 有 割 下 ， 比 百 樣 的 草 先 枯 槁 。

13 凡 忘 記 　 神 的 人 ， 景 況 也 是 這 樣 ； 不 虔 敬 人 的 指 望 要 滅 沒 。