and then by various similes used by the ancients, or taken from them by Bildad, or which were of his own inventing and framing, are set forth the short lived enjoyments, and vain hope and confidence, of hypocrites and wicked men; as by the sudden withering of rushes and flags of themselves, that grow in mire and water, even in their greenness, before they are cut down, or cropped by any hand
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Job 8:8
Job 8:8
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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