Job 14:19

As the waters wear away the stones, And the floods wash away the dust of the earth, So thou destroyest 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

18As the mountain falling cometh to nought, And the rock is removed from its place;

20Thou prevailest against him continually, and he perisheth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

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Cross References

Job 17:15Where then is my hope? Yea, my hope, who shall see it?

Job 27:8For what is the hope of the wicked, when God cutteth off his web, And taketh away his life?

Ezekiel 37:11And he said to me, Son of man, these bones denote the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, “Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost, and we are 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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