Holy Scripture
Job 8:12
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
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?
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In context
10Shall not these teach thee, and report to thee, And bring out words from their heart?
11Does the rush flourish without water, Or shall the flag grow up without moisture?
— Job 8:12 —
13Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: For the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
14For his house shall be without inhabitants, And his tent shall prove a spider’s web.