Job 14:20

תִּתְקְפֵהוּ לָנֶצַח וַֽיַּהֲלֹךְ מְשַׁנֶּה פָנָיו וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

In Context

19אֲבָנִים ׀ שָׁחֲקוּ מַיִם תִּשְׁטֹֽף ־ סְפִיחֶיהָ עֲפַר ־ אָרֶץ וְתִקְוַת אֱנוֹשׁ הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּ ׃

21יִכְבְּדוּ בָנָיו וְלֹא יֵדָע וְיִצְעֲרוּ וְֽלֹא ־ יָבִין לָֽמוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Job 2:12וַיִּשְׂאוּ אֶת ־ עֵינֵיהֶם מֵרָחוֹק וְלֹא הִכִּירֻהוּ וַיִּשְׂאוּ קוֹלָם וַיִּבְכּוּ וַֽיִּקְרְעוּ אִישׁ מְעִלוֹ וַיִּזְרְקוּ עָפָר עַל ־ רָאשֵׁיהֶם הַשָּׁמָֽיְמָה ׃

Ecclesiastes 8:8אֵין אָדָם שַׁלִּיט בָּרוּחַ לִכְלוֹא אֶת ־ הָרוּחַ וְאֵין שִׁלְטוֹן בְּיוֹם הַמָּוֶת וְאֵין מִשְׁלַחַת בַּמִּלְחָמָה וְלֹֽא ־ יְמַלֵּט רֶשַׁע אֶת ־ בְּעָלָֽיו ׃

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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