Job 14:19 “as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You…”

Job 14:19

as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.

American Standard Version

The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.

Geneva Bible 1599

As the water breaketh the stones, when thou ouerflowest the things which growe in the dust of ye earth: so thou destroyest ye hope of man.

Darby Translation

The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

Young's Literal Translation

Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed.

Bible in Basic English

The stones are crushed small by the force of the waters; the dust of the earth is washed away by their overflowing: and so you put an end to the hope of man.

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Cross references

“washest”

Genesis 6:17 Genesis 7:21–23

Genesis 6:17 · BSB

And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

Genesis 7:21–23 · BSB

And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.

“destroyest”

Job 19:10 Job 27:8 Ezekiel 37:11 Psalm 30:6 Psalm 30:7 Luke 12:19

Job 19:10 · BSB

He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.

Job 27:8 · BSB

For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Ezekiel 37:11 · BSB

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

Psalm 30:6 · BSB

In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”

Psalm 30:7 · BSB

O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.

Luke 12:19 · BSB

Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

Also

Job 7:6

Job 7:6 · BSB

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,

20You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.

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