OLD TESTAMENT

Job 8:12

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12

While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.

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Verse 12. Herbs, for want of moisture. Calmet.—Sic transit gloria mundi. Bible.—The prophets often compare the prosperity of the wicked to grass, (Psalms 36:2. Jam. 1:10) and Baldad ranks Job with them.

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