Logos Bible Study

Job 8:12–13

New International Version (2011)Other versions

English

Arabic

Czech

French

German

Hebrew

Hungarian

Italian

Korean

Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Traditional Chinese

12While still growing and uncut,

they wither more quickly than grass.b

13Such is the destinyc of all who forget God;d

so perishes the hope of the godless.e

Read in Logos

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
  2. cPs 37:38; 73:17
  3. dPs 9:17; 50:22; Isa 51:13; Jer 17:6
  4. eJob 6:9; 11:20; 13:16; 15:34; 20:5; 27:8; 34:30; Ps 37:1–2; 112:10; Pr 10:28; 11:7; Jer 15:9

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

While yet in flower and not cut down,

they wither before any other plant.

Such are the paths of all who forget God;

the hope of the godless shall perish.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

While still uncut shoots,

they would dry up quicker than any other plant.

Such is the destiny of all who forget God;

the hope of the godless will perish.

NLTNew Living Translation

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

they begin to wither more quickly than grass.

The same happens to all who forget God.

The hopes of the godless evaporate.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

While it is in its flower and is not plucked,

yet it withers before all grass.

So are the paths of all who forget God;

and the hope of the godless will perish,

KJV 1900King James Version

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

It withereth before any other herb.

So are the paths of all that forget God;

And the hypocrite’s hope shall perish: