King James Version
Job 14:19 in the King James Version says “The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest th...” — study this verse from Job chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. cometh: Heb. fadeth
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
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“thou washest away”
H7857to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
“the things which grow”
H5599something (spontaneously) falling off, i.e., a self-sown crop; figuratively, a freshet
“of man”
H582properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
“and thou destroyest”
H6properly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
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