Job 14:11

For the sea wastes in length of time, 1 And a river fails and is dried up. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

In Context

10But a man that has died is utterly gone; 1 And when a mortal has fallen, he is no more. 1

12And man that has lain down in death shall certainly not rise again 1 Till the heaven be dissolved, 1 And they shall not awake from their sleep. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 19:5And the Egyptians shall drink the water that is by the sea, but the river shall fail, and be dried up.

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 →

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