18 And surely as the mountain that falleth, cometh to nought, and the [a]rock that is removed from his place:

19 As the water breaketh the stones, when thou overflowest the things which grow in the dust of the earth: so thou destroyest the hope of man.

20 Thou prevailest always against him, so that he passeth away: he changeth his face when thou castest him away.

21 And he knoweth not if his sons shall be honorable, neither shall he understand concerning them, whether they shall be of low degree,

22 But while his [b]flesh is upon him, he shall be sorrowful, and while his soul is in him, it shall mourn.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:18 He murmureth through the impatience of the flesh against God, as though he used as great severity against him as against the hard rocks, or waters that overflow, so that hereby all the occasion of his hope is taken away.
  2. Job 14:22 Yet while he shall be in pain, and misery.

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