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

17my transgression will be sealed in a bundle and cover over my iniquity. 18“Yet as a mountain falls away and crumbles and a rock is moved from its place, as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a person’s hope. 20You overpower him—once for all, and he perishes; You change his appearance and send him away. 21If his sons achieve honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not perceive it.

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 6:17Now I am about to bring the flood—water upon the land—to destroy all flesh in which is the spirit of life from under the sky. Everything that is on the land will perish.
• Genesis 7:21All flesh perished—those that crawl on the land, the flying creatures, livestock, wild animals, all creatures that swarm upon the land, and all humankind.
• Job 19:10He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.
• Job 27:8For what hope has the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes his soul?
• Psalms 30:6For His anger lasts for only a moment, His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
• Ezekiel 37:11Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say: ‘Our bones are dried up; our hope is lost; we are cut off—by ourselves.’
• Luke 12:19And I’ll say to myself, ’O my soul, you have plenty of goods saved up for many years! So take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry.”’

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

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• 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