Job 14:20 · KJV
“Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.”
— Job 14:20
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}
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth {it} not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth {it} not of them.
Job 14 — Context
And 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.
22But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
Cross References
Job 2:12
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
Job 14:14
If a man die, shall he live {again}? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
{There is} no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither {hath he} power in the day of death: and {there is} no discharge in {that} war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. {discharge: or, casting off weapons}
Lamentations 4:8
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick. {blacker...: Heb. darker than blackness}