Job 14:19

The waters wear the stones, 1 And waters falling headlong overflow a heap of the earth: 1 And thou destroyest the hope of man. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, 1 And a rock shall be worn out of its place. 1

20Thou drivest him to an end, and he is gone: 1 Thou settest thy face against him, and sendest him away; 1

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Cross References

Genesis 7:21And there died all flesh that moved upon the earth, of flying creatures and cattle, and of wild beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, and every man.

Job 17:15Where then is yet my hope? 1 Or where shall I see my good? 1

Job 27:8For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? 1 Will he indeed trust in the Lord and be saved? 1

Ezekiel 37:11And the Lord spoke to me, saying, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: and they say, Our bones are become dry, our hope has perished, we are quite spent.

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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