Job 14:20

American Standard Version (1901)

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 2:12 : 12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
  • Job 14:14 : 14 If a man die, shall he live [again] ? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.
  • Eccl 8:8 : 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
  • Lam 4:8 : 8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; They are not known in the streets: Their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

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  • Job 14:18-19
    2 verses
    81%

    18But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;

    19The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.

  • 11Then shall he sweep by [as] a wind, and shall pass over, and be guilty, [even] he whose might is his god.

  • 5Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

  • Job 14:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

    3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

  • Ps 102:26-27
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    72%

    26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

    27But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end.

  • 21His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

  • 24Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

  • Job 12:19-21
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    19He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty.

    20He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.

    21He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.

  • 22Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to ride [upon it] ; And thou dissolvest me in the storm.

  • Heb 1:11-12
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    11They shall perish; but thou continuest: And they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

    12And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.

  • 22Yet [God] preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.

  • 6For thou makest him most blessed for ever: Thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence.

  • 3Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.

  • 17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me.

  • 4Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.

  • 12And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever.

  • Job 20:6-8
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    71%

    6Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;

    7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?

    8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

  • 12Behold, he seizeth [the prey], who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?

  • 5His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

  • 16Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.

  • 44Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.

  • 4Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

  • 29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.

  • Job 9:4-5
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    4[ He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?--

    5[ Him] that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;

  • Job 27:20-21
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    20Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

    21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.

  • 20Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.

  • 13That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?

  • 11But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one [and] a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.

  • 15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

  • 4He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him, Even length of days for ever and ever.

  • 13Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?

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    5Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

  • 4Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.

  • 19Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.

  • 5God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. {{Selah

  • 14For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him.

  • 19God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, {{Selah [The men] who have no changes, And who fear not God.

  • 18He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.

  • 17And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

  • 9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?