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Job 8:12

NETBible	While they are still beginning to flower¹ and not ripe for cutting,² they can wither away³ faster⁴ than any grass!⁵
NIV © biblegateway Job 8:12	While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.
NASB © biblegateway Job 8:12	"While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant.
NLT © biblegateway Job 8:12	While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut, they begin to wither.
MSG © biblegateway Job 8:12	Blossoming flowers look great before they're cut or picked, but without soil or water they wither more quickly than grass.
BBE © SABDAweb Job 8:12	When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant.
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 8:12	While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.
NKJV © biblegateway Job 8:12	While it is yet green and not cut down, It withers before any other plant.
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KJV	Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness <03>_, [and] not cut down <06998> (8735)_, it withereth <03001> (8799) before <06440> any [other] herb <02682>_.
NASB © biblegateway Job 8:12	"While it is still <05750> green <03> and not cut <06998> down <06998> , Yet it withers <03001> before <06440> any <03605> other plant <02682> .
LXXM	eti <2089> ADV on <1510> V-PAPNS epi <1909> PREP rizhv {N-GSF} kai <2532> CONJ ou <3364> ADV mh <3165> ADV yerisyh <2325> V-APS-3S pro <4253> PREP tou <3588> T-GSN piein <4095> V-AAN pasa <3956> A-NSF botanh <1008> N-NSF ouci <3364> ADV xhrainetai <3583> V-PPI-3S
NET [draft] ITL	While they are still <05750> beginning to flower <03> and not <03808> ripe <06998> for cutting <06998> , they can wither <03001> away faster than any <03605> grass <02682> !
HEBREW	sbyy <03001> ryux <02682> lk <03605> ynplw <06440> Pjqy <06998> al <03808> wbab <03> wnde (8:12) <05750>

NETBible

While they are still beginning to flower¹ and not ripe for cutting,² they can wither away³ faster⁴ than any grass!⁵

NET Notes

¹tn The word has been traditionally translated “greenness” (so KJV, ASV), but some modern commentators argue for “in flower.” The word is found only in Song 6:11 (where it may be translated “blossoms”). From the same root is אָבִיב (’aviv, “fresh young ears of barley”). Here the word refers to the plant that is still in its early stages of flowering. It should not be translated to suggest the plant is flowering (cf. NRSV), but translating as if the plant is green (so NASB) is also problematic.

²sn The idea is that as the plant begins to flower, but before it is to be cut down, there is no sign of withering or decay in it. But if the water is withdrawn, it will wither sooner than any other herb. The point Bildad will make of this is that when people rebel against God and his grace is withheld, they perish more swiftly than the water reed.

³tn The imperfect verb here is the modal use of potential, “can wither away” if the water is not there.

⁴tn Heb “before.”

⁵tn The LXX interprets the line: “does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?”