Read the Bible
KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE

Job 8:11–13

TEXT EDITION
Pure Cambridge Edition selected
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
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:
Share
Email linkOpen a new message in your email app
Read chapter
More
Report an issueTell us about a text or study problem

PASSAGE SELECTION

Build from either side

3 selected · 7 available

Choose up to 10 verses in this chapter. The study tools update with the selected passage.

SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE

Cross References

12 Essential passages are open for comparison.

Reference depth

From verse 11

  1. Exodus 2:3Rank 1 from verse 11
    Open

    3And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.

  2. Isaiah 19:5–7Rank 2 from verse 11
    Open

    5And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

    6And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

    7The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

From verse 12

  1. Jeremiah 17:6Rank 1 from verse 12
    Open

    6For 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.

  2. 1 Peter 1:24Rank 2 from verse 12
    Open

    24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

  3. James 1:10–11Rank 3 from verse 12
    Open

    10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

    11For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

  4. Matthew 13:20Rank 4 from verse 12
    Open

    20But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

  5. Psalms 129:6–7Rank 5 from verse 12
    Open

    6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

    7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

From verse 13

  1. Psalms 9:17Rank 1 from verse 13
    Open

    17The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

  2. Job 11:20Rank 2 from verse 13
    Open

    20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

  3. Job 13:16Rank 3 from verse 13
    Open

    16He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

  4. Job 15:34Rank 4 from verse 13
    Open

    34For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

  5. Proverbs 10:28Rank 5 from verse 13
    Open

    28The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

Open a word for its full definition and concordance.

DEFINED WORDS

Job 8:11

COMBINED MEANING

rush

↗

Sense 1: The plant called a rush, associated with wet ground. Sense 2: As a verb, to move or drive violently and rapidly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

without

↗

Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

flag

↗

An aquatic plant with a bladed leaf, growing in water or wet ground.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

water

↗

Sense 1: The common liquid necessary for life. Sense 2: As a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 8:12

COMBINED MEANING

yet

↗

1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

↗

1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cut

↗

Sense 1: To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument. Sense 2: Figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

withereth

↗

Third-person singular present form of wither, meaning to dry up, fade, lose freshness or strength, or waste away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

before

↗

Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 8:13

COMBINED MEANING

paths

↗

1. Figuratively, ways or courses of conduct, action, or direction. 2. Tracks, roads, routes, or ways of passage or travel.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

forget

↗

To fail or cease to remember; to lose from mind; to neglect or disregard.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hope

↗

1. Expectation, trust, reliance, or the good expected. 2. The person or ground on which expectation rests. 3. To expect, look for, trust, or rely upon.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

↗

An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

perish

↗

Sense 1: Of a living person or creature, to die, be killed, be destroyed, or be lost. Sense 2: Of a thing, condition, plan, thought, or work, to be ruined, decay, fail, vanish, or come to nothing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

FOLLOW THE THEME

Related Concepts

Choose a connected KJV word or phrase to find where it appears in scripture.

READ BEFORE AND AFTER

Surrounding Verses

Nearby Scripture remains separate from the selected passage until you add it.

10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

11Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

Selected passage

12Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

Selected passage

13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:

Selected passage

14Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.

LOCAL PASTOR DIRECTORY

Find a Pastor Near You

Enter a U.S. ZIP code to find nearby pastors committed to holding fast the faithful word.

Your ZIP is processed in this browser from local data. It is not sent to a ZIP lookup service or to a church. ZIP coordinates from GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.