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Job 8:11

Context

8:11 Can the papyrus plant grow tall 1  where there is no marsh?

Can reeds flourish 2  without water?

Job 40:21

Context

40:21 Under the lotus trees it lies,

in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh.

1 sn H. H. Rowley observes the use of the words for plants that grow in Egypt and suspects that Bildad either knew Egypt or knew that much wisdom came from Egypt. The first word refers to papyrus, which grows to a height of six feet (so the verb means “to grow tall; to grow high”). The second word refers to the reed grass that grows on the banks of the river (see Gen 41:2, 18).

2 tn The two verbs, גָּאָה (gaah) and שָׂגָה (sagah), have almost the same meanings of “flourish, grow, become tall.”



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