King James Version

Job 14:19

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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אֲבָנִ֤יםavanimstoneאֶבֶןnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “stone”, the ordinary formH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).שָׁ֥חֲקוּshachaqvbeatשָׁחַקverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “beat”, a completed actionH7833to comminate (by trituration or attrition)beat, wear.מַ֗יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).תִּשְׁטֹֽףtishtofdrownשָׁטַףverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “drown”, an unfinished actionH7857to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquerdrown, (over-) flow(-whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).סְפִיחֶ֥יהָseficheyhathings as growסָפִיחַnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “things as grow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5599something (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).עֲפַרafardustעָפָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “dust”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6083dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mudashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.אָ֑רֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וְתִקְוַ֖תvetiqvatand expectationתִּקְוָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and expectation”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8615literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancyexpectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.אֱנ֣וֹשׁenoshmanאֱנוֹשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “man”, the ordinary formH582a man in general (singly or collectively)another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It…הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּheevadtadestroyאָבַדverb, hiphil, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, a completed actionH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.

Young’s Literal Translation

Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed.

World English Bible

The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.

Darby Translation

The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

Douay-Rheims

Waters wear away the stones, and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away: so in like manner thou shalt destroy man.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong overflow a heap of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Λίθους ἐλέαναν ὕδατα, καὶ κατέκλυσεν ὕδατα ὕπτια τοῦ χώματος τῆς γῆς· καὶ ὑπομονὴν ἀνθρώπου ἀπώλεσας.