Job 14:19
World English Bible (WEB)
The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.
In context
17 My disobedience is sealed up in a bag. You fasten up my iniquity.
18 “But the mountain falling comes to nothing. The rock is removed out of its place.
19 The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.
20 You forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away.
21 His sons come to honor, and he doesn’t know it. They are brought low, but he doesn’t perceive it of them.
Job 14:19 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
- 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.