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.