Job 14:18
But just as the mountains crumble and fall, and the rocks tumble down;
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
In Context
17My sins would be sealed up in a bag and you would cover my guilt.
19as water wears away the stones, as floods wash away the soil, so you destroy the hope people have.
Cross References
Job 18:4You tear yourself apart with your anger. Do you think the earth has to be abandoned, or the mountains moved, just because of you?
Isaiah 40:12Who has measured the waters he holds in the palm of his hand? Who has marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has worked out the amount of dust of the earth? Who has weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
Isaiah 54:10Though the mountains cease to exist and the hills disappear, yet my trustworthy love for you won't cease to exist and my agreement of peace won't disappear, says the Lord, who shows you kindness.
Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains, and saw that they were shaking; all the hills were swaying to and fro.
Revelation 6:14The sky disappeared like a scroll rolling up, and all the mountains and islands were moved from where they were.
Revelation 20:11Then I saw a large white throne with the one who sits on it. Heaven and earth vanished, and they were never seen again.
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 →