Job 14:11
As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
In Context
10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
Cross References
Isaiah 19:5The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.
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 →