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Job 14:20

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14:20You overpower him once for all,58

and he departs;

you change59 his appearance

and send him away.

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Footnotes

  1. 58 D. W. Thomas took נֵצַח (netsakh) here to have a superlative meaning: “You prevail utterly against him” (“Use of netsach as a superlative in Hebrew,” 1 [1956]: 107). Death would be God’s complete victory over him.
  2. 59 The subject of the participle is most likely God in this context. Some take it to be man, saying “his face changes.” Others emend the text to read an imperfect verb, but this is not necessary.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

You prevail forever against him, and he passes;

you change his countenance, and send him away.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;

you change their countenance and send them away.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You completely overpower him, and he passes on;

you change his appearance and send him away.

NLTNew Living Translation

You always overpower them, and they pass from the scene.

You disfigure them in death and send them away.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You overpower him forever, and he passes away;

you change his countenance, then you send him away.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth:

Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.