Job 14:18-22

New International Version

¹⁸“But as a mountain erodes and crumbles^(A)
    and as a rock is moved from its place,^(B)
¹⁹as water wears away stones
    and torrents^(C) wash away the soil,^(D)
    so you destroy a person’s hope.^(E)
²⁰You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;^(F)
    you change their countenance and send them away.^(G)
²¹If their children are honored, they do not know it;
    if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.^(H)
²²They feel but the pain of their own bodies^(I)
    and mourn only for themselves.^(J)”

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Job 14:18-22

New American Standard Bible

¹⁸“But the falling mountain ^[a]crumbles away,
And the rock moves from its place;
¹⁹Water wears away stones,
Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;
So You ^(A)destroy a man’s hope.
²⁰You forever overpower him and he ^(B)departs;
You change his appearance and send him away.
²¹His sons achieve honor, but ^(C)he does not know it;
Or they become insignificant, and he does not perceive it.
²²However, his ^[b]body pains him,
And his soul mourns for himself.”