Job 14:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

You overpower him once for all, and he departs; you change his appearance and send him away.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 2:12 : 12 But when they gazed intently from a distance but did not recognize him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads.
  • Job 14:14 : 14 If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes.
  • Eccl 8:8 : 8 Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.
  • Lam 4:8 : 8 ח(Khet) Now their appearance is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it is dried up, like tree bark.

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