Job 8:12
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Blossoming flowers look great before they’re cut or picked,
but without soil or water they wither more quickly than grass.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
While yet in flower and not cut down,
they wither before any other plant.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
While still growing and uncut,
they wither more quickly than grass.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
While still uncut shoots,
they would dry up quicker than any other plant.
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NLTNew Living Translation
While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut,
they begin to wither more quickly than grass.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
While it is in its flower and is not plucked,
yet it withers before all grass.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down,
It withereth before any other herb.
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