Job 14:19

The water weareth out stones; thou sweepest away their fragments [like] the dust of the earth: and so thou destroyest the hope of man.

Leeser Tanakh

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 truly a falling mountain will crumble, and [even] a rock is moved out of its place.

20Thou assailest him with might without ceasing, till he passeth away: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him off.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:21And all flesh perished that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man.

Job 17:15Ay, where is then my hope? as for my hope, who will see it [fulfilled]?

Job 27:8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, when he hath gained unjust wealth, when God casteth forth his soul?

Ezekiel 37:11Then said he unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Dried are our bones, and lost is our hope; we are quite cut off.

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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