Holy Scripture
Job 8:11
A church father on this verse
“Previously Bildad said that the teaching is passed on from the ancestors and fathers to the following generations. Now he supports this with an example. He says, "As papyrus does not prosper without water and reeds do not grow if they are not watered … likewise someone cannot produce useful fruit whose spirit has not…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
11Does the rush flourish without water, Or shall the flag grow up without moisture?
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In context
9(For we are of yesterday, and know nothing; For our life upon the earth is a shadow):
10Shall not these teach thee, and report to thee, And bring out words from their heart?
— Job 8:11 —
12When it is yet on the root, and though it has not been cut down, Does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?
13Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: For the hope of the ungodly shall perish.