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Job 14:18

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14:18But as53 a mountain falls away and crumbles,54

and as a rock will be removed from its place,

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Footnotes

  1. 53 The indication that this is a simile is to be obtained from the conjunction beginning 19c (see §161.a).
  2. 54 The word יִבּוֹל (yibbol) usually refers to a flower fading and so seems strange here. The and the translate “and will fall”; most commentators accept this and repoint the preceding word to get “and will surely fall.” Duhm retains the and applies the image of the flower to the falling mountain. The verb is used of the earth in Isa 24:4, and so , , and all have the idea of “crumble away.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“But the mountain falls and crumbles away,

and the rock is removed from its place;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“But as a mountain erodes and crumbles

and as a rock is moved from its place,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But as a mountain collapses and crumbles

and a rock is dislodged from its place,

NLTNew Living Translation

“But instead, as mountains fall and crumble

and as rocks fall from a cliff,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“But a mountain falls; it crumbles away,

and a rock moves away from its place.

KJV 1900King James Version

And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought,

And the rock is removed out of his place.