Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Can the papyrus plant grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?
New American Standard Bible
Can the rushes grow without water?
King James Version
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
Holman Bible
Do reeds flourish without water?
International Standard Version
"Can papyrus grow where there's no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?
A Conservative Version
Can the rush grow up without mire? Can a reed grow without water?
American Standard Version
Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water?
Amplified
“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the rushes or reed grass grow without water?
Bible in Basic English
Will the river-plant come up in its pride without wet earth? will the grass get tall without water?
Darby Translation
Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?
Julia Smith Translation
Shall the bulrush lift itself up without a marsh? shall the marsh grass grow without water?
King James 2000
Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? can the reeds grow without water?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Can papyrus grow tall where [there is] not a marsh? Will reeds flourish without water?
Modern King James verseion
Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
May a rush be green without moisture, or may the grass grow without water?
New Heart English Bible
"Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?
The Emphasized Bible
Can the paper-reed grow up, without a marsh? Or the rush grow up, without water?
Webster
Can the rush grow without mire? can the flag grow without water?
World English Bible
"Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?
Youngs Literal Translation
'Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water?
Themes
Endurance » What does not endure
Forgetting » Those that forget the lord
Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Flag
Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Rushes
Herbs » Found in » The marshes
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 8:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Bildad's First Response To Job
10 Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding? 11 Can the papyrus plant grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water? 12 While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!
Cross References
Exodus 2:3
But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him and sealed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and set it among the reeds along the edge of the Nile.
Isaiah 19:5-7
The water of the sea will be dried up, and the river will dry up and be empty.