Job 14:19
as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
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ASV
The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
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.
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10 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֲבָנִ֤ים׀ | 'a.va.Nim | stones | H68 → |
| שָׁ֥חֲקוּ | Sha.cha.ku | they rub away | H7833 → |
| מַ֗יִם | Ma.yim | waters | H4325 → |
| תִּשְׁטֹֽף־ | tish.tof- | it washes off | H7857 → |
| סְפִיחֶ֥יהָ | se.fi.Chei.ha | overflowings its | H5599 → |
| עֲפַר־ | 'a.far- | [the] dust of | H6083 → |
| אָ֑רֶץ | 'A.retz | [the] earth | H776 → |
| וְתִקְוַ֖ת | ve.tik.Vat | and [the] hope of | H8615 → |
| אֱנ֣וֹשׁ | 'e.No.osh | humankind | H582 → |
| הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּ׃ | he.'e.Vad.ta | you destroy | H6 → |
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