Job 8:12 meaning and explanation
While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.
Job 8:12, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Bildad the Shuhite is answering Job in the first of his three speeches, defending the traditional belief that suffering comes from sin. In verse 12 he pictures papyrus and reeds, which need marsh water to live; cut off from it, they wither faster than grass even while still green and uncut.
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