Job 14:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

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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