Job 14:19

Waters have worn away stones, || Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, || And You have destroyed the hope of man.

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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

18And yet, a falling mountain wastes away, and a rock is removed from its place.

20You prevail [over] him forever, and he goes, || He is changing his countenance, || And You send him away.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:21and all flesh expires that is moving on the earth, among bird, and among livestock, and among beast, and among every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth, and all mankind;

Job 17:15And where [is] my hope now? Indeed, my hope, who beholds it?

Job 27:8For what [is] the hope of the profane, || When He cuts off? When God casts off his soul?

Ezekiel 37:11And He says to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they are saying, Our bones have dried up, || And our hope has perished, || We have been cut off by ourselves.

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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