Job 8:11-12 King James Version (KJV)

¹¹ Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

¹² Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

Job 8:11-12 Good News Translation (GNT)

¹¹ “Reeds can't grow where there is no water;
    they are never found outside a swamp.
¹² If the water dries up, they are the first to wither,
    while still too small to be cut and used.

Good News Translation (GNT) Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society

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11 Reeds grow where there is much water not just little, reeds often show that a water source is need; it is a joy for people to find reeds in the desert because this meant they found a resting place with water. Reeds grow in any type of water they are very common in a swamp or swampy like water, they grow biggest.

12 The reeds die without water but by the water they grow up big; Jesus is our water source for our growth without Him we are dried up and can not grow, nothing but to have Him cut us down.