Job 8:11

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

Can the papyrus rise up without a marsh? Can the reed grow without waters?

Latin

Numquid vivere potest scirpus absque humore? aut crescere carectum sine aqua?

Hebrew

English

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

Papyrus reeds can grow as high as three to four and one-half meters (ten to fifteen feet).

Exodus 2:3
But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
Isaiah 19:5–7
The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.