Job 8:11

Can papyrus grow tall where [there is] not a marsh? Will reeds flourish without water?

Exodus 2:3

But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him, and she coated it with tar and with pitch, and she placed the boy in it, and she placed [it] among the reeds on the bank of the Nile.

Isaiah 19:5-7

And [the] waters will be dried up from the sea, and [the] river will be parched and dry.

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Summary

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

Bible References

The rush

Exodus 2:3
But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him, and she coated it with tar and with pitch, and she placed the boy in it, and she placed [it] among the reeds on the bank of the Nile.
Isaiah 19:5
And [the] waters will be dried up from the sea, and [the] river will be parched and dry.