9 For
awe
were born yesterday, and know
1 nothing,
Because our days on earth
are a shadow.
10 Will they not teach you and tell you,
And utter words from their heart?
11 “Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the reeds flourish without water?
12 aWhile it
is yet green
and not cut down,
It withers before any
other plant.
13 So
are the paths of all who
aforget God;
And the hope of the
bhypocrite shall perish,
14 Whose confidence shall be cut off,
And whose trust
is1 a spider’s web.
15 aHe leans on his house, but it does not stand.
He holds it fast, but it does not endure.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
