Job 14:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲבָנִ֤ים ׀ שָׁ֥חֲקוּ מַ֗יִם תִּשְׁטֹֽף־סְפִיחֶ֥יהָ עֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ וְתִקְוַ֖ת אֱנ֣וֹשׁ הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּ׃

Transliteration

ʾăbānîm šāḥăqû mayim tišṭōp-səpîḥêhā ʿăpar-ʾāreṣ wətiqwat ʾĕnôš heʾĕbadtā

Grammar Details

*ʾăbānîm*: noun, feminine, plural - stones
*šāḥăqû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person, common, plural - they wear away
*mayim*: noun, masculine, plural - waters
*tišṭōp*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular - it washes away
*səpîḥêhā*: noun, masculine, plural, construct + 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix - its aftergrowth
*ʿăpar*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - dust of
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine, singular - earth/land
*wətiqwat*: conjunction + noun, feminine, singular, construct - and hope of
*ʾĕnôš*: noun, masculine, singular - man/mankind
*heʾĕbadtā*: verb, hiphil perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular - you have destroyed

Word Meanings

*ʾăbānîm*: stones/rocks
*šāḥăqû*: wear away/erode/grind down
*tišṭōp*: washes away/floods/sweeps away
*səpîḥîm*: aftergrowth/overflow/that which grows of itself
*ʿăpar*: dust/soil/earth
*tiqwâ*: hope/expectation
*ʾĕnôš*: man/mankind/mortal
*heʾĕbadtā*: you have destroyed/you have caused to perish

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Gen 6:17 : 17 And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is in the earth shall die.
Gen 7:21-23 : 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: 22 all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died. 23 And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark.
Job 7:6 : 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope.
Job 19:10 : 10 He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.
Job 27:8 : 8 For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?
Ps 30:6-7 : 6 As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved. 7 Thou, Jehovah, of thy favor hadst made my mountain to stand strong. Thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.
Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
Luke 12:19-20 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

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