Job 14:20

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.
• New International Version (NIV)You overpower them once for all, and they are gone; you change their countenance and send them 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.

Context of Job 14:20

18And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. 19The 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. Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. 21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. 22But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

Job 14:20 word by word

תִּתְקְפֵ֣הוּ לָ֭נֶצַח וַֽיַּהֲלֹ֑ךְ מְשַׁנֶּ֥ה פָ֝נָ֗יו וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

• Thou prevailestתָּקֵףtâqaph · to prevailH8630
• for everנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
• against him, and he passethהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• thou changestשָׁנָהshânâh · to changeH8138
• his countenanceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• and sendest him awayשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971

Cross-references for Job 14:20

• Ecclesiastes 8:8There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
• Job 14:14If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
• Job 2:12And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
• Lamentations 4:8Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like 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

Topics related to Job 14:20

• 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