Job 8:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

No, but whilste it is nowe in his greennesse, though it be not cut downe, yet withereth it before any other hearbe:

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  • Jer 17:6 : 6 He shalbe like the heath that groweth in wildernesse: As for the good thyng that is for to come, he shall not see it, but dwell in a drye place of the wildernesse, in a salt and vnoccupied lande.
  • Matt 13:20 : 20 But he that receaued the seede into stony places, the same is he that heareth the worde, and anone with ioy, receaueth it:
  • Jas 1:10-11 : 10 Agayne, the riche, in that he is made lowe: Because as the flowre of the grasse he shall passe away. 11 For the sunne hath rysen with heate, and the grasse hath withered, and his flowre hath fallen away, & the beautie of the fashion of it hath perished: So also shall the ryche man fade away in his wayes.
  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For all fleshe is as grasse, and all the glorie of man, is as the flowre of grasse. The grasse withereth, and the flowre falleth away:
  • Ps 129:6-7 : 6 They shall be as the grasse growing vpon the house toppes: whiche withereth afore that it be shot foorth to his growth. 7 Whereof the mower fylleth not his hande: neither he that byndeth vp the sheaues his armes full.

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  • Ps 90:5-6
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    5 Thou makest them to flowe away, they are a sleepe: they be in the morning as an hearbe that groweth.

    6 In the mornyng it florisheth and groweth vp: in the euenyng it is cut downe and wythered.

  • Job 14:7-10
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    7 For if a tree be cut downe, there is some hope yet that it wyll sproute and shoote foorth the braunches againe.

    8 Though the roote of it be waxen olde, and the stocke thereof be dead in the grounde:

    9 Yet when it getteth the sent of water, it wyll budde and bring foorth bowes, lyke as a tree that is planted.

    10 But as for man, when he is dead, perished, and consumed away, what becommeth of him?

  • 11 May a rushe be greene without moystnesse? or may the grasse growe without water?

  • 2 For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse: and be withered euen as the greene hearbe.

  • Job 8:16-17
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    16 It is a greene tree before the sunne, & shooteth foorth the braunches ouer his garden.

    17 The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountayne, and are folden about the house of stones.

  • 13 So are the pathes of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall come to naught.

  • Ezek 17:9-10
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    9 Speake thou therfore, thus saith the Lorde God: Shall this vine prosper? shall he not pull vp the rootes therof, and destroy the fruite thereof, and cause them to dry? all the leaues of her bud shall wither without great power, or many people, to plucke it vp by the rootes thereof.

    10 Behold, it was planted: Shall it prosper therfore? Shall it not be dryed vp and withered? when the east winde shall touche it, it shall wither in the trenches where it grewe.

  • 32 He shal perishe afore his time be worne out, and his braunche shall not be greene.

  • 16 His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his braunche be cut downe.

  • Jas 1:10-11
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    10 Agayne, the riche, in that he is made lowe: Because as the flowre of the grasse he shall passe away.

    11 For the sunne hath rysen with heate, and the grasse hath withered, and his flowre hath fallen away, & the beautie of the fashion of it hath perished: So also shall the ryche man fade away in his wayes.

  • Isa 40:7-8
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    7 The grasse is withered, the floure falleth away, for the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them: of a trueth the people are grasse.

    8 The grasse withereth, and the floure fadeth away: yet the worde of our God endureth for euer.

  • Ps 103:15-16
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    15 The dayes of man are as the dayes of an hearbe: he florisheth as a flowre in the fielde.

    16 For the winde passeth ouer it, and it is no more seene: and the place therof knoweth it no more.

  • 30 For ye shalbe as a tree whose leaues are fallen away, and as a garden that hath no moystnesse.

  • 7 Wheras the vngodly do bud vp greene as the grasse, and wheras all workers of iniquitie do florishe: that they notwithstandyng shalbe destroyed for euer and euer.

  • 2 He commeth vp, and is cut downe like a floure: He fleeth as it were a shadow, and neuer continueth in one state.

  • 8 For he shalbe as a tree that is planted by the water side, which spreadeth out the roote vnto moystnesse, whom the heate can not harme when it commeth, but his leafe shalbe greene: And though there growe but litle fruite because of drouth, yet is he not carefull, but he neuer leaueth of to bryng foorth fruite.

  • 27 For their inhabitours shalbe like lame men brought in feare and confounded: they shalbe lyke grasse and greene hearbes in the fielde, lyke the hay vpon house toppes, that wythereth before it be growen vp.

  • 24 For all fleshe is as grasse, and all the glorie of man, is as the flowre of grasse. The grasse withereth, and the flowre falleth away:

  • Ps 129:6-7
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    6 They shall be as the grasse growing vpon the house toppes: whiche withereth afore that it be shot foorth to his growth.

    7 Whereof the mower fylleth not his hande: neither he that byndeth vp the sheaues his armes full.

  • 11 My dayes fade away lyke a shadowe: and I am wythered lyke grasse.

  • 14 So that none of all the trees by the waters shalbe exalted in their heyght, nor shoot vp their toppes among the thycke bowes, neither shall their trees stande in their heyght, as many of them as drinke water: for they are all deliuered vnto death in the neather partes of the earth, in the mids of the children of men among them that go downe to the pit.

  • 4 Howe long shall the lande mourne, and all the hearbes of the fielde perishe for the wickednesse of them that dwell therin? The cattell and the birdes are gone, yet say they, tushe, God wyll not destroy vs vtterly.

  • 5 For afore the haruest whe the braunch is growen, there shall come ripe fruite of the floure: and he shal cut downe the increase with sithes, and the braunches shall he take away with hookes.

  • 17 The seede is rotte vnder their cloddes, the garners are destroyed, the barnes are ouerthrowen: for the corne is withered.

  • 11 In that day shalt thou make thy plant to growe, and early in the mornyng shalt thou make thy seede to florishe: The haruest shalbe gone in the day of inheritaunce, and there shalbe sorowe without hope of comfort.

  • 15 Neuerthelesse, leaue the stumpe of his rootes still in the earth, and with a band of iron and brasse binde it among the grasse of the fielde, & let it be wet with the deawe of heauen, and let his portion be with the beastes among the grasse of the fielde.

  • 24 So that of them it may be sayde, they be not planted nor sowne agayne, neither their stocke rooted agayne in the earth: for assoone as he bloweth vpon them, they wither and fade away lyke the strawe in a whirle winde.

  • 26 And the inhabiters of them shalbe of litle power, and faynt hearted, and confounded, and shalbe lyke the grasse of the field, or greene hearbe, or as the hay on the toppes of the houses, or as the corne that is vnripe & smitten with blasting.

  • 9 As a greene thorne kindled with fyre, goeth out before your pottes be made whot: euen so let a furious rage bring him to naught.

  • 4 So that the floure of his fayrenesse and beautie whiche is in the head of the valley of fatnesse, shall fade away as doth an vntimely ripe figge before haruest: whiche when a man espieth, he loketh vpon it, and whyle it is yet in his hande he eateth it vp.

  • 6 For the waters of Nimrim shalbe dryed vp, by reason wherof the grasse is withered, the hearbes destroyed, and the greene thynges gone.

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    3 And he shalbe lyke a tree planted by the waters syde, that bryngeth foorth her fruite in due season: and whose leafe wythereth not, for whatsoeuer he doth it shall prosper.

  • 25 The hay groweth, the grasse commeth vp, and hearbes are gathered in the mountaynes.

  • 6 But assoone as the sonne was vp, it caught heate: and because it hadde not roote, it wythered away.

  • 17 Which when they haue passed by do vanishe, and when the heate commeth they fayle out of their place.

  • 12 The wine is dryed vp, and the figge tree is decayed, the pomgranate tree, and the paulme, & the apple tree, euen all the trees of the fielde are withered vp: for ioy is withered away from the sonnes of men.

  • 24 They are exalted for a litle, but shortly are gone, brought to pouertie, and taken out of the way, yea and vtterly pluckt of, as the eares of corne.

  • 35 I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power: and florishing lyke a greene bay tree.

  • 6 And some fell on stones, and assoone as it was sprong vp, it withered away, because it lacked moystnes.

  • 25 Wylt thou breake a leafe driuen to and fro, and wilt thou pursue the drye stubble?