Job 8:10 YLT

⁸  For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers,

⁹  (For of yesterday we 'are', and we know not, For a shadow 'are' our days on earth.)

¹⁰  Do they not shew thee -- speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words?

¹¹  'Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water?

¹²  While it 'is' in its budding -- uncropt, Even before any herb it withereth.