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Job 14:19

as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.

BSB

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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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Original language & word study

10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֲבָנִ֤ים׀'a.va.NimstonesH68
שָׁ֥חֲקוּSha.cha.kuthey rub awayH7833
מַ֗יִםMa.yimwatersH4325
תִּשְׁטֹֽף־tish.tof-it washes offH7857
סְפִיחֶ֥יהָse.fi.Chei.haoverflowings itsH5599
עֲפַר־'a.far-[the] dust ofH6083
אָ֑רֶץ'A.retz[the] earthH776
וְתִקְוַ֖תve.tik.Vatand [the] hope ofH8615
אֱנ֣וֹשׁ'e.No.oshhumankindH582
הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּ׃he.'e.Vad.tayou destroyH6

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain