Job 14:19

as water wears away the stones, as floods wash away the soil, so you destroy the hope people have.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18But just as the mountains crumble and fall, and the rocks tumble down;

20You continually overpower them and they pass away; you distort their faces in death and send them away.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:21Everything living on earth died—the birds, livestock, wild animals, all creatures that run along the ground, and all the people.

Job 17:15So then where is my hope? Can anyone see any hope for me?

Job 27:8For what hope do those who reject God have when he cuts them down, when God brings their lives to an end?

Ezekiel 37:11He told me, “Son of man, these bones represent all the people of Israel. Listen to what the people are saying, ‘Our bones have dried up, and our hope has been crushed. We have been wiped out!’

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 →

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