Can the rush
1573 {1573} Primeגֹּמֶאgome'{go'-meh}
From H1572; properly an absorbent, that is, the bulrush (from its porosity); specifically the papyrus.
grow up
1342 {1342} Primeגּאהga'ah{gaw-aw'}
A primitive root; to mount up; hence in general to rise, (figuratively) be majestic.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
without
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
mire?
1207 {1207} Primeבִּצָּהbitstsah{bits-tsaw'}
Intensive from H1206; a swamp.
can
y7685 [7685] Standardשָׂגָהsagah{saw-gaw'}
A primitive root; to enlarge (especially upward, also figuratively).
z0 <0000> Grammar
The original word in the Greek or Hebrew is translated by more than one word in the English. The English translation is separated by one or more other words from the original.
the flag
260 {0260} Primeאָחוּ'achuw{aw'-khoo}
Of uncertain (perhaps Egyptian) derivation; a bulrush or any marshy grass (particularly that along the Nile).
grow
7685 {7685} Primeשָׂגָהsagah{saw-gaw'}
A primitive root; to enlarge (especially upward, also figuratively).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
without
1097 {1097} Primeבְּלִיb@liy{bel-ee'}
From H1086; properly failure, that is, nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.
water?
4325 {4325} Primeמַיִםmayim{mah'-yim}
Dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively juice; by euphemism urine, semen. |
Job 8:11
_ _ rush — rather, “paper-reed”: The papyrus of Egypt, which was used to make garments, shoes, baskets, boats, and paper (a word derived from it). It and the flag, or bulrush, grow only in marshy places (such as are along the Nile). So the godless thrives only in external prosperity; there is in the hypocrite no inward stability; his prosperity is like the rapid growth of water plants. |
Job 8:11
Can, &c. — The hypocrite cannot build his hope, without some false, rotten ground or other, any more than the rush can grow without mire, or the flag without water. |
Job 8:11
Can the rush (g) grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
(g) As a rush cannot grow without moisture, so the hypocrite because he does not have faith which is watered with God's Spirit. |
- the rush:
Exodus 2:3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid [it] in the flags by the river's brink.
Isaiah 19:5-7 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. ... The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no [more].
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