While it is yet green, in flower, and not cut down, it withers before any other herb [when without water].
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.
Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.
While still tender, uncut, it will wither before every other grass.
When it is still in flower, and has not been pulled up by hand, it withers before all other plants.