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Job 14:19

King James Version

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.

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American Standard Version

The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.

Christian Standard Bible

as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil from the land, so you destroy a man’s hope.

English Standard Version

the waters wear away the stones; the torrents wash away the soil of the earth; so you destroy the hope of man.

New American Standard Bible

Water wears away stones, Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; So You destroy a man’s hope.

New International Version

as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy a person’s hope.

New King James Version

As water wears away stones, And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth; So You destroy the hope of man.

New Living Translation

as water wears away the stones and floods wash away the soil, so you destroy people’s hope.

World English Bible

The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.