Job 14:19
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.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 14 connects to 10 cross-references. Job meditates on the brevity and inevitability of human mortality, comparing human life to a flower cut down. He muses wistfully that if a tree is cut down it sprouts again, but a man lies down and does not rise. …
Andere Übersetzungen
The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed.
The stones are crushed small by the force of the waters; the dust of the earth is washed away by their overflowing: and so you put an end to the hope of man.
Querverweise
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is …
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of …
And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the …
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was …
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our …
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, …