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Job 14:18–22

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18“But as a mountain erodes and crumblesi

and as a rock is moved from its place,j

19as water wears away stones

and torrentsk wash away the soil,l

so you destroy a person’s hope.m

20You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;n

you change their countenance and send them away.o

21If their children are honored, they do not know it;

if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.p

22They feel but the pain of their own bodiesq

and mourn only for themselves.r”

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Cross references

  1. iEze 38:20
  2. jJob 18:4
  3. kEze 13:13
  4. lSee Ge 7:23
  5. mSee Job 7:6
  6. nSee Job 4:20
  7. oSee Job 7:10; 8:18; See 12:19; 27:19; Jas 1:10
  8. pJob 21:21; Ecc 9:5; Isa 63:16
  9. qPs 38:7; Isa 21:3; Jer 4:19
  10. rJob 21:21

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“But the mountain falls and crumbles away,

and the rock is removed from its place;

the waters wear away the stones;

the torrents wash away the soil of the earth;

so you destroy the hope of man.

You prevail forever against him, and he passes;

you change his countenance, and send him away.

His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;

they are brought low, and he perceives it not.

He feels only the pain of his own body,

and he mourns only for himself.”

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But as a mountain collapses and crumbles

and a rock is dislodged from its place,

as water wears away stones

and torrents wash away the soil from the land,

so you destroy a man’s hope.

You completely overpower him, and he passes on;

you change his appearance and send him away.

If his sons receive honor, he does not know it;

if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.

He feels only the pain of his own body

and mourns only for himself.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

“But instead, as mountains fall and crumble

and as rocks fall from a cliff,

as water wears away the stones

and floods wash away the soil,

so you destroy people’s hope.

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

You disfigure them in death and send them away.

They never know if their children grow up in honor

or sink to insignificance.

They suffer painfully;

their life is full of trouble.”

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“But a mountain falls; it crumbles away,

and a rock moves away from its place.

Water wears away stones;

its torrents wash away the soil of the earth;

so you destroy the hope of human beings.

You overpower him forever, and he passes away;

you change his countenance, then you send him away.

His children may come to honor, but he does not know it;

or they may become lowly, but he does not realize it.

He feels only the pain of his own body,

and his inner self mourns for him.”

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought,

And the rock is removed out of his place.

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.

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth:

Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not;

And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

But his flesh upon him shall have pain,

And his soul within him shall mourn.

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