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Job 8:11-19

11 Does papyrus grow apart from a marsh? Does a reed flourish without water?

11 Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?

12 While still tender, uncut, it will wither before every other grass.

12 While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.

13 So are the paths of all who forget God. Hope perishes for the godless,

13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.

14 whose confidence is a fragile thing, their trust, a spider's web.

14 What they trust in is fragile ; what they rely on is a spider’s web.

15 He leans on its web, and it doesn't stand; grasps it, and it can't remain in place.

15 They lean on the web, but it gives way; they cling to it, but it does not hold.

16 It's like a well-watered plant in the sun; its runners spread over its gardens.

16 They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;

17 Its roots are entwined over a pile of rocks, for it sees a home among stones.

17 it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.

18 If it's uprooted from its place, it lies, saying, "I can't see you."

18 But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, ‘I never saw you.’

19 Surely its way is a joy, for from the dust other plants sprout.

19 Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow.