Job 14:19

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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

In context

17 My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.

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

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

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

21 If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
KJV 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.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
DBY Darby Translation: The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
WBS Webster Bible: 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.