Job 8:11

In 11 translations

BSB

Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

KJV

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

WEB

“Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?

ASV

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

LSV

Does a rush rise without a marsh? A reed increase without water?

YLT

'Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water?

DBY

Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?

DRC

Can the rush be green without moisture? or a sedge-bush grow without water?

GNV

Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?

JPS

Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?

LXXE

Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture?

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Original-language editions

WLC

הֲיִֽגְאֶה־גֹּ֭מֶא בְּלֹ֣א בִצָּ֑ה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָ֥חוּ בְלִי־מָֽיִם׃

LXX-Br

Μὴ θάλλει πάπυρος ἄνευ ὕδατος, ἢ ὑψωθήσεται βούτομον ἄνευ πότου;

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• Exodus 2:3But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
• Isaiah 19:5–7The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty. The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither. The bulrushes by the Nile, by the…

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