Job 8:12

Modern

While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass.

Traditional

Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

Literal

It is still in its greenness—it is not cut down, and before all grass, it withers.

Latin

Cum adhuc sit in flore, nec carpatur manu, ante omnes herbas arescit.

Hebrew

English

While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass.

To forget God means behaving as if God does not exist or cannot see (see Psalms 10:4; 14:1; Zephaniah 1:12; see Job 22:13–17; Psalm 94:7).

Jeremiah 17:6
He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
Psalm 129:6–7
May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
James 1:10–11
But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
1 Peter 1:24
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
Matthew 13:20
The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.