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Job 8:9-11
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow:)

10 And they shall teach thee: they shall speak to thee, and utter words out of their hearts.

11 Can the rush be green without moisture? or a sedge-bush grow without water?

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Job 8:9-11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

9 As we are but of yesterday and have no knowledge,
    because our days on earth are but a shadow—(A)
10 Will they not teach you and tell you
    and utter their words of understanding?
11 [a]Can the papyrus grow up without mire?
    Can the reed grass flourish without water?

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Footnotes

  1. 8:11–13 As marsh plants need water, so human beings need God. These verses may be a quotation from the teaching of the ancestors; cf. v. 10.
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