Job 14:18
And surely as the mountaine that falleth, commeth to nought, and the rocke that is remooued from his place:
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
In Context
17Mine iniquitie is sealed vp, as in a bagge, and thou addest vnto my wickednesse.
Cross References
Job 18:4Thou art as one that teareth his soule in his anger. Shall the earth bee forsaken for thy sake? or the rocke remoued out of his place?
Isaiah 40:12Who hath measured the waters in his fist? and counted heauen with the spanne, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure? and weighed ye mountaines in a weight, and the hilles in a balance?
Isaiah 54:10For the mountaines shall remoue and the hilles shall fall downe: but my mercy shall not depart from thee, neither shall the couenant of my peace fall away, saith the Lord, that hath compassion on thee.
Jeremiah 4:24I behelde the mountaines: and loe, they trembled and all the hilles shooke.
Revelation 6:14And heauen departed away, as a scroule, when it is rolled, and euery mountaine and yle were mooued out of their places.
Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and one that sate on it, from whose face fled away both the earth and heauen, and their place was no more found.
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 →