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Job 8:11

Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

KJV

Numquid vivere potest scirpus absque humore ? aut crescere carectum sine aqua ?

Vulgate

μὴ θάλλει πάπυρος ἄνευ ὕδατος; ἢ ὑψωθήσεται βούτομον ἄνευ πότου;

LXX

Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water?

ASV

הֲ/יִֽגְאֶה גֹּ֭מֶא בְּ/לֹ֣א בִצָּ֑ה יִשְׂגֶּה אָ֥חוּ בְלִי מָֽיִם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָֽחוּ
'chv
noun · 3×
בְלִי
bly
noun · 58×
גָאֹ֣ה
g'h
verb · 7×
גֹּ֔מֶא
gm'
noun · 4×
ו
v
noun · 4×
יִשְׂגֶּ֥ה
yshgh
verb · 4×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 17:6 — For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.