Job 14:19

Job 14:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy a person’s hope.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the waters wear away the stones; the torrents wash away the soil of the earth; so you destroy the hope of man.
• New King James Version (NKJV)As water wears away stones, And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth; So You destroy the hope of man.

Context of Job 14:19

17You would forgive me for my sins. You would hide them away. 18But mountains fall down and they break into pieces, Rocks fall down from their places. Stones become sand when water pours over them. Floods wash away soil. In the same way, you remove hope from a person's life. 20Finally, you bring his life to an end. He leaves this world. You change his face in death and you send him away. 21If his sons become famous, he does not know about it. If they become ashamed, he does not know that either.

Job 14:19 word by word

אֲבָנִ֤ים׀ שָׁ֥חֲקוּ מַ֗יִם תִּשְׁטֹֽף־סְפִיחֶ֥יהָ עֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ וְתִקְוַ֖ת אֱנ֣וֹשׁ הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• wearשָׁחַקshâchaq · to beatH7833
• the stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• thou washest awayשָׁטַףshâţaph · to overflowH7857
• the things which growסָפִיחַsâphîyach · outpouringH5599
• of the dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• and thou destroyestאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• the hopeתִּקְוָהtiqvâh · hopeH8615
• of manאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582

Cross-references for Job 14:19

• Genesis 6:17I will cover the earth with deep water. I will destroy all living things, wherever they live. Everything that breathes will die.
• Genesis 7:21As a result, everything that had lived on the earth now died. The birds, the farm animals and the wild animals died. Every living thing that moved across the ground died, and so did all the people.
• Job 19:10Everywhere that I go, God is there to attack me. He is ready to destroy me. He has taken away my hope, as if he has dug a tree out of the ground.
• Job 27:8When God chooses to remove wicked people, they cannot hope for any good thing. God will cause them to die.
• Psalms 30:6When I was feeling safe and strong, I thought, ‘Nothing can ever destroy me.’
• Ezekiel 37:11Then the Lord said to me, ‘Son of man, these bones are a picture of all Israel's people. The Israelites are saying, “Our bones are dead and dry. There are no good things that we can hope for. We have come to an end.”
• Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, ‘You have plenty of things stored safely. These will be enough for you for many years. Now you can live an easy life. Eat and drink as much as you want. Enjoy yourself.’ ”

Commentaries on Job 14:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19The waters wear the stones - Even the common stones are affected in the same way. Were even earthquakes and violent concussions of nature wanting, the action of water, either running over them as a stream, or even falling upon them in drops, will wear these stones. Hence the proverb: - Gutta cavat lapidem non vi sed saepe cadendo. "Constant droppings will make a hole in a flint." , ̔ , ,<-144 '̔ . "From frequent dropping, as the proverb says, perpetually…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19The waters wear the stones - By their constant attrition they wear away even the hard rocks, and they disappear, and return no more. The sense is, that constant changes are going on in nature, and man resembles those objects which are removed to appear no more, and not the productions of the vegetable world that spring up again. It is possible that there may also be included the idea here, that the patience, constancy, firmness, and life of any man must…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. 1919. The Hebrew order is more forcible: "Stones themselves are worn away by water." things which grow out of--rather, "floods wash away the dust of the earth." There is a gradation from "mountains" to "rocks" (Job 14:18), then "stones," then last "dust of the earth"; thus the solid mountain at last disappears utterly.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 14:19

• Death

In the dictionaries

• Awake
• Born
• Change
• Clean
• Plow
• Raise
• Sew
• Stock
• Wait
• Waste

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