Job 8:12 BSB — MannaFest

Job 8:12

While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book VIII (604)

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. Now it is well added, Whilst it is yet in his flower, nor plucked with the hand, it withereth before any other herb. 'The rush in his flower' is the hypocrite in esteem. Now the rush springing up with sharp edges is not plucked with the hand, in that the hypocrite, having his feelings sharpened by presumption, disdains to be rebuked for his wickedness.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Whilst it is yet in his greenness - We do not know enough of the natural history of this plant to be able to discern the strength of this allusion; but we learn from it that, although this plant be very succulent, and grow to a great size, yet it is short-lived, and speedily withers; and this we may suppose to be in the dry season, or on the retreat of the waters of the Nile. However, Soon Ripe, soon Rotten, is a maxim in horticulture.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עֹדֶ֣נּוּ	'o.De.nu	still it	H5750 →
בְ֭אִבּוֹ	ve.'i.bo	[is] in greenness its	H3 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִקָּטֵ֑ף	yi.ka.Tef	it is plucked off	H6998 →
וְלִפְנֵ֖י	ve.lif.Nei	and <to> before	H6440 →
כָל־	khol-	any	H3605 →
חָצִ֣יר	cha.Tzir	herbage	H2682 →
יִיבָֽשׁ׃	yi.Vash	it is dried up	H3001 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H3001yivashit is dried up59×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Peter 1:24
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
leads to
- Isaiah 40:6–8
  A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
- Psalms 103:15
  As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
- James 4:14
  You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
- James 1:10–11
  But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
- Psalms 37:2
  For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.
Through
Matthew 13:20
The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
leads to
- Ezekiel 33:31–32
  So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest…
- Psalms 106:12–13
  Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
- John 5:35
  John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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About Job