Job 14:19

אֲבָנִים ׀ שָׁחֲקוּ מַיִם תִּשְׁטֹֽף ־ סְפִיחֶיהָ עֲפַר ־ אָרֶץ וְתִקְוַת אֱנוֹשׁ הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

18וְאוּלָם הַר ־ נוֹפֵל יִבּוֹל וְצוּר יֶעְתַּק מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ ׃

20תִּתְקְפֵהוּ לָנֶצַח וַֽיַּהֲלֹךְ מְשַׁנֶּה פָנָיו וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 7:21וַיִּגְוַע כָּל ־ בָּשָׂר ׀ הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל ־ הָאָרֶץ בָּעוֹף וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבַחַיָּה וּבְכָל ־ הַשֶּׁרֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵץ עַל ־ הָאָרֶץ וְכֹל הָאָדָֽם ׃

Job 17:15וְאַיֵּה אֵפוֹ תִקְוָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה ׃

Job 27:8כִּי מַה ־ תִּקְוַת חָנֵף כִּי יִבְצָע כִּי יֵשֶׁל אֱלוֹהַּ נַפְשֽׁוֹ ׃

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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