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Job 14:11 Cross-References
Explore 3 cross-references for Job 14:11 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 14 verse 11 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:”
Job 14:11 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 14:11
As the waters fail from the sea (אָזְלוּ־מַיִם מִנִּי־יָם, azlu-mayim minni-yam)—'fail' uses אָזַל (azal, 'to go away, be exhausted'). Ancient observers noted inland seas and lakes that evaporated during drought. And the flood decayeth and drieth up (נָהָר יֶחֱרַב וְיָבֵשׁ, nahar yecharav veyavesh)—'flood' (נָהָר, nahar, 'river/stream') becomes 'parched' (חָרֵב, charev) and 'dry' (יָבֵשׁ, yavesh, thoroughly dried). Job uses permanent, irreversible drying—not seasonal variation—to illustrate human mortality's finality.The contrast is devastating: trees revive (verses 8-9), but humans, like drie...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 14:11
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“and the river will be wasted and become dry.”
“as the channel of brooks that pass away;”
“and my wound incurable”