King James Version (KJV)
Job 8:11
“Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?”
Verse in context — Job 8
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(For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] a shadow:)
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Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
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Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
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Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb.
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So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
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