Job 8:11-19

Lexham English Bible

¹¹ Can papyrus grow tall where there is not a marsh?
Will reeds flourish without water?^[a]
12 While it is in its flower and is not plucked,
yet^[b] it withers before^[c] all grass.
¹³ So are the paths of all who forget God;
and the hope of the godless will perish,
¹⁴ whose confidence is cut off
and whose trust^[d] is a spider’s house.
¹⁵ He will lean himself against his house, but^[e] it will not stand;
he will take hold of it, but^[f] it will not endure.
¹⁶ He is thriving^[g] before^[h] the sun,
and his plant shoots spread over his garden.
¹⁷ His roots twine over a stone heap;
he sees a house of stone.
¹⁸ If he destroys him from his place,
then^[i] it deceives him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’
¹⁹ Look, this is the joy of his way,
and from dust others will spring up.