When it is yet on the root, and [though] it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?
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Job 8:12
While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.
Parallel Translations
When it is yet on the root, and [though] it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.
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