Job 14:11
Like water evaporating from a lake and a river that dries up and disappears,
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In The King James Version
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
In Context
10But human beings die, their strength dwindles away; they perish, and where are they then?
Cross References
Isaiah 19:5The waters of the Nile will fail, and its riverbed will be sunbaked and dry.
Matthew Henry on Job 14:8-16
Death Anticipated. ( b. c. 1520.) 7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: 12 So man lieth down, and… Read the whole commentary →