Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Job 14:19
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Berean Standard Bible
as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
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.
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.
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.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Job 14
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.
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