Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Can the rush be green without moisture? or sedge bush grow without water? the rush. Exodus 2:3 And when she could hide him no longer, she took a basket made of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and pitch: and put the little babe therein, and laid him in the sedges by the river's brink, Isaiah 19:5-7 And the water of the sea shall be dried up, and the river shall be wasted and dry. . . . Context Bildad: Job Should Repent…10And they shall teach thee: they shall speak to thee, and utter words out of their hearts. 11Can the rush be green without moisture? or sedge bush grow without water?12When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked up with the hand, it withereth before all herbs.… Cross References Genesis 41:2 Out of which came up seven kine, very beautiful and fat: and they fed in marshy places. Job 8:10 And they shall teach thee: they shall speak to thee, and utter words out of their hearts. Job 8:12 When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked up with the hand, it withereth before all herbs. Isaiah 19:6 And the rivers shall fail: the streams of the banks shall be diminished, and be dried up. The reed and the bulrush shall wither away. Lexicon Does papyrusגֹּ֭מֶא (gō·me) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1573: An absorbent, the bulrush, the papyrus grow הֲיִֽגְאֶה־ (hă·yiḡ·’eh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1342: To mount up, to rise, be majestic where there is no בְּלֹ֣א (bə·lō) Preposition-b | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no marsh? בִצָּ֑ה (ḇiṣ·ṣāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1207: A swamp Do reeds אָ֥חוּ (’ā·ḥū) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 260: A bulrush, any marshy grass flourish יִשְׂגֶּה־ (yiś·geh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7685: To grow, increase without בְלִי־ (ḇə·lî-) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as water? מָֽיִם׃ (mā·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen Additional Translations Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water? Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture? Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water? Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? Can the rush grow without mire? can the flag grow without water? "Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water? 'Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water? Jump to Previous Earth Flag Flourish Grass Grow Increase Marsh Mire Papyrus Pride Reed Reed-Grass Reeds Rush Rushes Shoot Tall Thrive Water Wet WiseJump to Next Earth Flag Flourish Grass Grow Increase Marsh Mire Papyrus Pride Reed Reed-Grass Reeds Rush Rushes Shoot Tall Thrive Water Wet WiseExternal Links Job 8:11 NIVJob 8:11 NLT Job 8:11 ESV Job 8:11 NASB Job 8:11 ASV Job 8:11 Bible Apps Job 8:11 Biblia Paralela Job 8:11 Chinese Bible Job 8:11 French Bible Job 8:11 German Bible Alphabetical: a Can grow is marsh no papyrus reeds rushes tall the there thrive up water where without OT Poetry: Job 8:11 Can the papyrus grow up without mire? (Jb) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |