New Living Translation (NLT)
Job 8
9 For we were born but yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.
10 But those who came before us will teach you. They will teach you the wisdom of old.
11 “Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh? Can marsh grass flourish without water?
12 While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut, they begin to wither more quickly than grass.
13 The same happens to all who forget God. The hopes of the godless evaporate.
14 Their confidence hangs by a thread. They are leaning on a spider’s web.
15 They cling to their home for security, but it won’t last. They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.
16 The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine, its branches spreading across the garden.
17 Its roots grow down through a pile of stones; it takes hold on a bed of rocks.
18 But when it is uprooted, it’s as though it never existed!
19 That’s the end of its life, and others spring up from the earth to replace it.
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