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.In other versions
The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
ASV
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.
BBE
The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
DBY
The waters wear the stones; The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth: So you destroy the hope of man.
WEB
Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed.
YLT
The waters wear the stones: you wash away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and you destroys the hope of man.
ENG
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.
WBT
as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
BSB
In context
17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
18And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
19The 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.
20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.