Job 14:19

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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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  • Gen 6:17 : 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life, from under heaven; [and] every thing that [is] in the earth shall die.
  • Gen 7:21-23 : 21 ¶ And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: 22 All in whose nostrils [was] the breath of life, of all that [was] in the dry [land], died. 23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained [alive], 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 destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
  • Job 27:8 : 8 For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
  • Ps 30:6-7 : 6 ¶ And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. 7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, [and] 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, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
  • 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,› [and] ‹be merry.› 20 ‹But God said unto him,› [Thou] ‹fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?›

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    15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

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    3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

    4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; [even the waters] forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

  • 9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

  • 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

  • 15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

  • Ps 73:18-19
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    18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

    19 How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

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

  • 4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

  • 10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

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

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    19 How much less [in] them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation [is] in the dust, [which] are crushed before the moth?

    20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding [it].

  • 22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride [upon it], and dissolvest my substance.

  • Job 24:18-19
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    18 ¶ He [is] swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

    19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [so doth] the grave [those which] have sinned.

  • 5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.

  • 24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

  • 11 Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

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

  • 40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

  • 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

  • 14 They came [upon me] as a wide breaking in [of waters]: in the desolation they rolled themselves [upon me].

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

  • 15 And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

  • 20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

  • 14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, [that have] no ruler over them?

  • 16 Because thou shalt forget [thy] misery, [and] remember [it] as waters [that] pass away:

  • 8 Which turned the rock [into] a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

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    17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

    18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

  • 15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

  • 5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

  • 14 For we must needs die, and [are] as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect [any] person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

  • 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

  • 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

  • 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

  • 5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

  • 12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, [and] bring to the ground, [even] to the dust.

  • 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest [such] words go out of thy mouth?

  • 19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, [and as] the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

  • 9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.