Job 14:19
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Waterמַ֗יִם
(ma·yim)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
wears awayשָׁ֥חֲקוּ
(sha·cha·ku)
7833: to rub away, beat fine, pulverizea prim. root
stones,אֲבָנִ֤ים
(a·va·nim)
68: a stonea prim. root
Its torrentsסְפִיחֶ֥יהָ
(se·fi·chei·ha)
5599a: outpouringfrom an unused word
wash awayתִּשְׁטֹֽף־
(tish·tof-)
7857: to overflow, rinse or wash offa prim. root
the dustעֲפַר־
(a·far-)
6083: dry earth, dustfrom an unused word
of the earth;אָ֑רֶץ
(a·retz;)
776: earth, landa prim. root
So You destroyהֶאֱבַֽדְתָּ׃
(he·'e·vad·ta.)
6: to perisha prim. root
man'sאֱנֹ֣ושׁ
(e·no·vsh)
582: man, mankindfrom an unused word
hope.וְתִקְוַ֖ת
(ve·tik·vat)
8615b: a hopefrom qavah


















KJV Lexicon
The waters
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
wear
shachaq  (shaw-khak')
to comminate (by trituration or attrition) -- beat, wear.
the stones
'eben  (eh'-ben)
a stone -- + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
thou washest away
shataph  (shaw-taf')
to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer -- drown, (over-)flow(-whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).
the things which grow
caphiyach  (saw-fee'-akh)
something (spontaneously) falling off, i.e. a self-sown crop; figuratively, a freshet -- (such) things as (which) grow (of themselves), which groweth of its own accord (itself).
out of the dust
`aphar  (aw-fawr')
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud -- ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
of the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
and thou destroyest
'abad  (aw-bad')
to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
the hope
tiqvah  (tik-vaw')
literally, a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy -- expectation (-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.
of man
'enowsh  (en-oshe')
a mortal; hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Water wears away stones, Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; So You destroy man's hope.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil from the land, so You destroy a man's hope.

International Standard Version
Water wears away stones; floods wash away topsoil from the land— but you destroy the hope of human beings just like that!

NET Bible
as water wears away stones, and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man's hope.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[so] water wears away stone, floods wash away soil from the land, and you destroy a mortal's hope.

King James 2000 Bible
The waters wear the stones: you wash away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and you destroy the hope of man.
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