New English Translation
Job 14:11
11As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains away and dries up,
Job 14:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
- New International Version (NIV)As the water of a lake dries up or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
- English Standard Version (ESV)As waters fail from a lake and a river wastes away and dries up,
- New King James Version (NKJV)As water disappears from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dries up,
Context of Job 14:11
9at the scent of water it will flourish and put forth shoots like a new plant. 10But man dies and is powerless; he expires – and where is he? As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains away and dries up, 12so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep. 13“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!
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אָֽזְלוּ־מַ֭יִם מִנִּי־יָ֑ם וְ֝נָהָ֗ר יֶחֱרַ֥ב וְיָבֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 14:11
- Job 6:15My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away.
- Jeremiah 15:18Why must I continually suffer such painful anguish? Why must I endure the sting of their insults like an incurable wound? Will you let me down when I need you like a brook one goes to for water, but that cannot be relied on?”
Commentaries on Job 14:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11The waters fail from the sea - I believe this refers to evaporation, and nothing else. As the waters are evaporated from the sea, and the river in passing over the sandy desert is partly exsiccated, and partly absorbed; and yet the waters of the sea are not exhausted, as these vapors, being condensed, fall down in rain, and by means of rivers return again into the sea: so man is imperceptibly removed from his fellows by death and dissolution; yet the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11As the waters fail from the sea - As the waters evaporate wholly, and leave the bottom wholly dry, so it is with man, who passes entirely away, and leaves nothing. But to what fact Job refers here, is not known. The sea or ocean has never been dried up, so as to furnish a ground for this comparison. Noyes renders it, “the lake.” Dr. Good, without the slightest authority, renders it, “as the billows pass away with the tides.” Herder supposes it to mean…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 Though a tree is cut down, yet, in a moist situation, shoots come forth, and grow up as a newly planted tree. But when man is cut off by death, he is for ever removed from his place in this world. The life of man may fitly be compared to the waters of a land flood, which spread far, but soon dry up. All Job's expressions here show his belief in the great doctrine of the resurrection. Job's friends proving miserable comforters, he pleases…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. sea--that is, a lake, or pool formed from the outspreading of a river. Job lived near the Euphrates: and "sea" is applied to it (Jr 51:36; Is 27:1). So of the Nile (Is 19:5). fail--utterly disappeared by drying up. The rugged channel of the once flowing water answers to the outstretched corpse ("lieth down," Job 14:12) of the once living man.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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