Bible verse
as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
Job 14:19 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 14.
15 You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
16 For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
17 My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
18 But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,
19 as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
20 You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
21 If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.
22 He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
KJV
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.
ASV
The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
ERV
The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man.
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