Job 14:19

Stones, have been hollowed out by waters, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth, and, the hope of mortal man, thou hast destroyed:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

18But, in very deed, a mountain falling, will lie prostrate, or, a rock moved out of its place:

20Thou dost overpower him utterly, and he departeth, Disfiguring his face, so, hast thou sent him away.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:21And all flesh ceased to breathe that moved on the earth, of birds and of tame-beasts and of wild-beasts, and of all the swarming things that swarm on the earth,—and all mankind.

Job 17:15Where then would be my hope? And, as for my blessedness, who should see it!

Job 27:8For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?

Ezekiel 37:11Then said he unto me, Son of man. These bones, are all the house of Israel,— Lo! they are saying. Dried are our bones, and lost is our hope We are quite 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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