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While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, It withers before any other reed.
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Faith vs. Circumstance
Commentators explain that the rush, which withers without water even while looking green, is a powerful metaphor for superficial faith. This type of religious profession is entirely dependent on external circumstances like prosperity. When hardship arrives (the "water" dries up), it withers on its own, revealing it had no true, self-sustaining root in God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
While it is yet in its greenness - That is, while it seems to be in its vigor.
And is not cut down - Even when it is not cut d…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whilst it [is] yet in its greenness Before it is come to its full height, or to a proper ripeness; when it has not yet fl…
Bildad speaks insightfully about hypocrites and evildoers, and the fatal end of all their hopes and joys. He proves this truth—the destruction of t…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the preceding verses, Bildad of Shuah defended the same opinion that Eliphaz the Temanite had proposed: that those who are divinely punished for…
