Job 14:19

Job 14:19 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

19as water wears away stones

and torrents wash away the soil,

so you destroy a person’s hope.

19Water wears away stones,

Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;

So You destroy a man’s hope.

19Water wears away stones,

Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;

So You destroy man’s hope.

19Water wears away the stones,

Its floods and torrents wash away the soil of the earth,

So You [O Lord] destroy the hope of man.

19as water wears away the stones

and torrents wash away the soil,

so You destroy a man’s hope.

19Water wears away stones.

Storms wash away soil.

In the same way, you destroy a person’s hope.