Job 14:18
A mountain falling cometh to nought, and a rock is removed out of its place.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
In Context
17Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured my iniquity.
Cross References
Job 18:4Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place?
Isaiah 40:12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and weighed the heavens with his palm? who hath poised with three fingers the bulk of the earth, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Isaiah 54:10For the mountains shall be moved, and the hills shall tremble; but my mercy shall not depart from thee, and the covenant of my peace shall not be moved: said the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
Jeremiah 4:24I looked upon the mountains, and behold they trembled: and all the hills were troubled.
Revelation 6:14And the heaven departed as a book folded up: and every mountain, and the islands were moved out of their places.
Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and one sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away, and there was no place found for them.
Matthew Henry on Job 14:17-22
Complainings of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? 17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. 18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. 19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. 20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him… Read the whole commentary →