Job 14:11

Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

In Context

10And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where [is] he?

12And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.

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Cross References

Isaiah 19:5And failed have waters from the sea, And a river is wasted and dried up.

Matthew Henry on Job 14:8-16

Death Anticipated. ( b. c. 1520.) 7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: 12 So man lieth down, and… Read the whole commentary →

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