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Job 14:19 KJV
Job · chapter 14 · verse 19
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.Job 14:19 · King James Version
Job 14:19 in context
17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
18And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
19The 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.
20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- destroyestʼâbadproperly, to wander awayH6 →
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
- stonesʼebena stoneH68 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- wearshâchaqto comminateH7833 →
- awayshâṭaphto gushH7857 →
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Job here returns to his complaints; and, though he is not without hope of future bliss, he finds it very hard to get over his present grievances. I. He complains of the particular hardships he apprehended himself under from the strictness of God's justice, Job 14:16, Job 14:17.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-22