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Job 8:12

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12While still growing and uncut,

they wither more quickly than grass.b

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Cross references

  1. bver 19; See 2 Ki 19:26; Job 18:16; 20:5; Ps 90:5–6; 102:11; Isa 34:4; 40:7, 24

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

While yet in flower and not cut down,

they wither before any other plant.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

While still uncut shoots,

they would dry up quicker than any other plant.

NLTNew Living Translation

While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut,

they begin to wither more quickly than grass.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

While it is in its flower and is not plucked,

yet it withers before all grass.

KJV 1900King James Version

Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down,

It withereth before any other herb.