Verse 19
Job 14:19
English Revised Version
19
The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֲבָנִ֤ים שָׁ֥חֲקוּ מַ֗יִם תִּשְׁטֹֽף סְפִיחֶ֥י/הָ עֲפַר אָ֑רֶץ וְ/תִקְוַ֖ת אֱנ֣וֹשׁ הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּ
English Translation
Stones have played, waters will wash away the refuse of the dust of the earth, and the hope of mankind you have destroyed.
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Chapter 14 Context
1
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
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He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
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Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
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Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with thee, and thou hast appointed his b...
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Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
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For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branc...
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Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
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Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.
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10
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
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As the waters fail from the sea, and the river decayeth and drieth up;
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So man lieth down and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused o...
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13
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past,...
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14
If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my warfare would I wait, till my release should c...
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15
Thou shouldest call, and I would answer thee: thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thine hands...
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But now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
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17
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou fastenest up mine iniquity.
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18
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;
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19
The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: and thou destr...
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Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; thou changest his countenance, and sendest him...
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21
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not o...
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But his flesh upon him hath pain, and his soul within him mourneth.
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