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.

job 14:19 Water wears away stones, Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; So Thou dost destroy man's hope.

19. The Hebrew order is more forcible: "Stones themselves are worn away by water."
things which grow out of--rather, "floods wash away the dust of the earth." There is a gradation from "mountains" to "rocks" (Job 14:18), then "stones," then last "dust of the earth"; thus the solid mountain at last disappears utterly.

job 14:19 Water wears away stones, Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; So Thou dost destroy man's hope.

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