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Job 8:12

Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

KJV

Cum adhuc sit in flore, nec carpatur manu, ante omnes herbas arescit.

Vulgate

ἔτι ὂν ἐπὶ ῥίζης, καὶ οὐ μὴ θερισθῇ· πρὸ τοῦ πιεῖν πᾶσα βοτάνη οὐχὶ ξηραίνεται;

LXX

Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.

ASV

עֹדֶ֣/נּוּ בְ֭/אִבּ/וֹ לֹ֣א יִקָּטֵ֑ף וְ/לִ/פְנֵ֖י כָל חָצִ֣יר יִיבָֽשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הֹבִ֥ישׁ
hbysh
verb · 73×
וֹ
v
noun · 2×
חֲצִ֣יר
chtsyr
noun · 21×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
קָטָ֑ף
qtp
verb · 4×

Historic Christian voices

2 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.
  • Job 20:5 — That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?