Christian Standard Bible
Job 14:18
18But as a mountain collapses and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,
Job 14:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
- New International Version (NIV)“But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place,
- English Standard Version (ESV)"But the mountain falls and crumbles away, and the rock is removed from its place;
- New King James Version (NKJV)“But as a mountain falls and crumbles away, And as a rock is moved from its place;
Context of Job 14:18
16For then you would count my steps but would not take note of my sin. 17My rebellion would be sealed up in a bag, and you would cover over my iniquity. But as a mountain collapses and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place, 19as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil from the land, so you destroy a man’s hope. 20You completely overpower him, and he passes on; you change his appearance and send him away.
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וְ֭אוּלָם הַר־נוֹפֵ֣ל יִבּ֑וֹל וְ֝צ֗וּר יֶעְתַּ֥ק מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 14:18
- Psalms 102:25Long ago you established the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
- Isaiah 40:12Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure or weighed the mountains on a balance and the hills on the scales?
- Isaiah 41:15See, I will make you into a sharp threshing board, new, with many teeth. You will thresh mountains and pulverize them and make hills into chaff.
- Isaiah 54:10Though the mountains move and the hills shake, my love will not be removed from you and my covenant of peace will not be shaken,” says your compassionate Lord.
- Isaiah 64:1If only you would tear the heavens open and come down, so that mountains would quake at your presence —
- Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills shook.
- Revelation 6:14the sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up; and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
- Revelation 8:8The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain ablaze with fire was hurled into the sea. So a third of the sea became blood,
- Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and one seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.
- Job 18:4You who tear yourself in anger — should the earth be abandoned on your account, or a rock be removed from its place?
- Matthew 27:51Suddenly, the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth quaked, and the rocks were split.
Commentaries on Job 14:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18The mountain falling cometh to naught - Every thing in nature is exposed to mutability and decay: - even mountains themselves may fall from their bases, and be dashed to pieces; or be suddenly swallowed up by an earthquake; and, by the same means, the strongest and most massive rocks may be removed.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18And surely the mountain falling - Margin, “Fadeth.” The sense of this is, that the hope of man in regard to living again, must certainly fail - as a mountain falls and does not rise again; as the rock is removed, and is not replaced; or as the waters wear away the stones, and they disappear. The hope of dying man was not like the tree that would spring up again Job 14:7-9; it was like the falling mountain, the wasting waters Job 14:11, the rock that was…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-22Verses 16-22 Job's faith and hope spake, and grace appeared to revive; but depravity again prevailed. He represents God as carrying matters to extremity against him. The Lord must prevail against all who contend with him. God may send disease and pain, we may lose all comfort in those near and dear to us, every hope of earthly happiness may be destroyed, but God will receive the believer into realms of eternal happiness. But what a change awaits the…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. cometh to naught--literally, "fadeth"; a poetical image from a leaf (Is 34:4). Here Job falls back into his gloomy bodings as to the grave. Instead of "and surely," translate "yet"; marking the transition from his brighter hopes. Even the solid mountain falls and crumbles away; man therefore cannot "hope" to escape decay or to live again in the present world (Job 14:19). out of his place--so man (Psa 103:16).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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