 When the vital power of protoplasm seems to depend on the constant presence of water. Yes. Therefore the protoplasm, like the cell, would not exist without the water. But the verse doesn't say the protoplasm requires water to function. Because it's not a book of science. Because it's not a book of science. But you want to keep linking it to the science because that's where it seems impressive. If it were just a statement taken at face value, it's not true. Dan Dennett has this notion called a deepity, which is a statement that to the extent that it is true, it is trivial, mundane. To the extent that it is profound, because it often seems profound, it is in fact false. Like all you need is love. That's a statement that seems profound. But to the extent that it's profound, it's actually false because you need other things like oxygen. And to the extent that it's true, all you need is love, it's a trivial statement that this is who we are.