en_tn_condensed/job/08/11.md

General Information:

It is unclear if this verse is the teaching of Bildad, or if Bildad is quoting the sayings of the ancestors of Job 8:8-10.

Can papyrus grow without a marsh? Can reeds grow without water?

"Papyrus plants cannot grow away from the marshes. Reeds cannot grow without water.". Bildad uses these questions to emphasize that people cannot live without God. Here the plants represent people and the water represents God.

papyrus

a tall reed-like plant that grows in shallow water