Job 8:11

WEB

¹¹“Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?

KJV

¹¹Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

BSB

¹¹Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

FBV

¹¹Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds grow without water?

Extra References

Isaiah 19:5-7

⁵The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry. ⁶The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away. ⁷The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.

Exodus 2:3

³When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.