Job 14:18
And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
In Context
Cross References
Job 18:4Anger has possessed thee: for what if thou shouldest die; would the earth under heaven be desolate? or shall the mountains be overthrown from their foundations?
Isaiah 40:12Who has measured the water in his hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth in a handful? Who has weighed the mountains in scales, and the forests in a balance?
Isaiah 54:10shall the mountains depart, nor shall thy hills be removed: so neither shall my mercy fail thee, nor shall the covenant of thy peace be at all removed: for + 54:10 Alex. κύριος for κύριε adopted here. Compare Mat. 16. 22, with this passage.the Lord who is gracious to thee has spoken it.
Jeremiah 4:24I beheld the mountains, and they trembled, and I saw all the hills in commotion.
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 →