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Job 14:20
20You overpower them once for all, and they are gone; you change their countenance and send them away.
Job 14:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You prevail forever against him, and he passes; you change his countenance, and send him away.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You prevail forever against him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You always overpower them, and they pass from the scene. You disfigure them in death and send them away.
Context of Job 14:20
18“But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place, 19as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy a person’s hope. You overpower them once for all, and they are gone; you change their countenance and send them away. 21If their children are honored, they do not know it; if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it. 22They feel but the pain of their own bodies and mourn only for themselves.”
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תִּתְקְפֵ֣הוּ לָ֭נֶצַח וַֽיַּהֲלֹ֑ךְ מְשַׁנֶּ֥ה פָ֝נָ֗יו וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 14:20
- Ecclesiastes 8:8As no one has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has power over the time of their death. As no one is discharged in time of war, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
- Job 14:14If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.
- Job 2:12When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads.
- Lamentations 4:8But now they are blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
Commentaries on Job 14:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Thou prevailest for ever against him - It is impossible for him to withstand thee: every stroke of thine brings him down. Thou changest his countenance - Probably an allusion to the custom of covering the face, when the person was condemned, and sending him away to execution. See the case of Haman, in the note on Esther, Esther 7:8; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Thou prevailest forever against him - Thou dost always show that thou art stronger than he is. He never shows that he is able to contend with God. And he passeth - He cannot stand before thee, but is vanquished, and passes off the stage of being. Thou changest his countenance - Possibly the allusion is to the change produced by death. The countenance that glowed with health and was flushed with beauty and hope - blooming as the rose - is made pale as the…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. 2020. prevailest--dost overpower by superior strength. passeth--dieth. changest countenance--the change in the visage at death. Differently (Da 5:9).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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