Job 14:19 · KJV
“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. {washest...: Heb. overflowest}”
— Job 14:19
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. {cometh...: Heb. fadeth}
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
Job 14 — Context
My transgression {is} sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
18And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. {cometh...: Heb. fadeth}
19The 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. {washest...: Heb. overflowest}
20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth {it} not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth {it} not of them.
Cross References
Job 27:8
For what {is} the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Job 7:6
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Job 19:10
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
Genesis 7:21-23
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
Luke 12:19-20
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, {and} be merry.
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, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
Genesis 6:17
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein {is} the breath of life, from under heaven; {and} every thing that {is} in the earth shall die.
Psalms 30:6-7
And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.