Job 14:19
What does Job 14:19 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 14:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Waters wear away the stones, and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away: so in like manner thou shalt destroy man.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 6:17
And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is in the earth shall die.
- Job 7:6
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope.
- Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
- Job 19:10
He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.
- Psalms 30:6
As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.
- Luke 12:19
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
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