Job 8:11
Modern Translations
New International Version
Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?

New Living Translation
“Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh? Can marsh grass flourish without water?

English Standard Version
“Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?

Berean Study Bible
Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

New American Standard Bible
“Can papyrus grow tall without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?

NASB 1995
"Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?

NASB 1977
“Can the papyrus grow up without marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?

Amplified Bible
“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes or reed grass grow without water?

Christian Standard Bible
Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

Contemporary English Version
Papyrus reeds grow healthy only in a swamp,

Good News Translation
"Reeds can't grow where there is no water; they are never found outside a swamp.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Can papyrus grow up where there is no swamp? Can rushes grow tall without water?

International Standard Version
"Can papyrus grow where there's no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?

NET Bible
Can the papyrus plant grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

New King James Version
“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds flourish without water?

King James 2000 Bible
Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? can the reeds grow without water?

New Heart English Bible
"Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?

World English Bible
"Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?

American King James Version
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

American Standard Version
Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water?

A Faithful Version
Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the reed grass grow without water?

Darby Bible Translation
Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?

English Revised Version
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

Webster's Bible Translation
Can the rush grow without mire? can the flag grow without water?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
May a rushe be greene without moystnesse? or may the grasse growe without water?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Maye a resshe be grene without moystnesse? maye the grasse growe without water?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Does a rush rise without a marsh? A reed increase without water?

Young's Literal Translation
'Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water?

Smith's Literal Translation
Shall the bulrush lift itself up without a marsh? shall the marsh grass grow without water?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Can the rush be green without moisture? or a sedge-bush grow without water?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Can the marsh plant live without moisture? Or can sedges grow without water?

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
“Does a reed grow in a thirsty place or papyrus reed spring up where there is no water?

Lamsa Bible
Can papyrus grow in a thirsty land? Can reeds grow where there is no water?

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture?
















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