Job 8:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 8:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 8:12 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 8:12 — KJV
“Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.”
— Job 8:12 (KJV)
Job 8:12 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 8:12
“Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. Though...: or, If they would have been at peace, so should they have been many, and so should they have been shorn, and he should have passed away cut down: Heb. shorn”
Shares key themes with Job 8:12: yet, cut, down
“And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.”
Shares key themes with Job 8:12: cut, down, any
“And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.”
Shares key themes with Job 8:12: yet, any, other
“And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down? asked...: Heb. asking asked us tenor: Heb. mouth could...: Heb. knowing could we know”
Shares key themes with Job 8:12: yet, down, other
“For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.”
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