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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
היגאה-גמא בלא בצה ישגה-אחו בלי-מים
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
hygAh-gmA blA bTSh ySHgh-AKHv bly-mym

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
numquid vivere potest scirpus absque humore aut crescet carectum sine aqua

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? can the reeds grow without water?
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
Authorized (King James) Version   
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
New King James Version   
“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds flourish without water?
21st Century King James Version   
Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the reed grow without water?

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water?
Darby Bible Translation   
Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Can the rush be green without moisture? or a sedge-bush grow without water?
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
“Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
God's Word   
"Can papyrus grow up where there is no swamp? Can rushes grow tall without water?
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
International Standard Version   
"Can papyrus grow where there's no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?
NET Bible   
Can the papyrus plant grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?
New American Standard Bible   
"Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?
New International Version   
Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?
New Living Translation   
"Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh? Can marsh grass flourish without water?
Webster's Bible Translation   
Can the rush grow without mire? can the flag grow without water?
The World English Bible   
"Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?
EasyEnglish Bible   
Some plants only grow tall in wet ground. Reeds only grow well where there is water.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
`Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water?
New Life Version   
“Can the tall river grass grow up from dry ground? Can the grass that grows in wet places grow without water?
The Voice Bible   
Can papyrus grow tall without a marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?
Living Bible   
those who forget God have no hope. They are like rushes without any mire to grow in; or grass without water to keep it alive. Suddenly it begins to wither, even before it is cut.
New Catholic Bible   
“Can a papyrus flourish where there is no marsh? Can reeds grow without water?
Legacy Standard Bible   
“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the meadow grow without water?
Christian Standard Bible   
Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Can the rush or papyrus grow up without marsh? Can the flag or reed grass grow without water?
New Century Version   
Papyrus plants cannot grow where there is no swamp, and reeds cannot grow tall without water.
The Message   
“Put the question to our ancestors, study what they learned from their ancestors. For we’re newcomers at this, with a lot to learn, and not too long to learn it. So why not let the ancients teach you, tell you what’s what, instruct you in what they knew from experience? Can mighty pine trees grow tall without soil? Can luscious tomatoes flourish without water? Blossoming flowers look beautiful before they’re cut or picked, but without soil or water they wither more quickly than grass. That’s what happens to all who forget God— all their hopes come to nothing. They hang their life from one thin thread, they hitch their fate to a spider web. One jiggle and the thread breaks, one jab and the web collapses. Or they’re like weeds springing up in the sunshine, invading the garden, Spreading everywhere, overtaking the flowers, getting a foothold even in the rocks. But when the gardener rips them out by the roots, the garden doesn’t miss them one bit. The sooner the godless are gone, the better; then good plants can grow in their place.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Does papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Do reeds thrive where there is no water?
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
Good News Translation®   
“Reeds can't grow where there is no water; they are never found outside a swamp.
Wycliffe Bible   
Whether a (bul)rush may grow without moisture? either a reed (can grow) without water?
Contemporary English Version   
Papyrus reeds grow healthy only in a swamp,
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
“Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
‘Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
Common English Bible © 2011   
Does papyrus grow apart from a marsh? Does a reed flourish without water?
Amplified Bible © 2015   
“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes or reed grass grow without water?
English Standard Version Anglicised   
“Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the reed grass flourish without water?
New American Standard Bible   
“Can papyrus grow tall without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?
The Expanded Bible   
·Papyrus plants cannot [L Do papyrus plants…?] grow where there is no swamp, ·and reeds cannot [L or reeds…?] grow tall without water.
Tree of Life Version   
“Can papyrus grow tall without a marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?
Revised Standard Version   
“Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
New International Reader's Version   
Can grass grow tall where there isn’t any swamp? Can plants grow well where there isn’t any water?
BRG Bible   
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
Complete Jewish Bible   
‘Can papyrus grow except in a marsh? Can swamp grass flourish without water?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
‘Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Can the papyrus grow up without marsh? Can the reed grow without mayim?
Names of God Bible   
“Can papyrus grow up where there is no swamp? Can rushes grow tall without water?
Modern English Version   
Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the reed grow without water?
Easy-to-Read Version   
“Can papyrus grow tall on a dry land? Can reeds grow without water?
International Children’s Bible   
Papyrus plants cannot grow tall where there is no wet land. Reeds cannot grow tall without water.
Lexham English Bible   
Can papyrus grow tall where there is not a marsh? Will reeds flourish without water?
New International Version - UK   
Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?