Job 14:11

In 11 translations

BSB

As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,

KJV

As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

WEB

As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up,

ASV

As the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;

LSV

Waters have gone away from a sea, || And a river becomes waste and dry.

YLT

Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry.

DBY

The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:

DRC

As if the waters should depart out of the sea, and an emptied river should be dried up:

GNV

As the waters passe from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and dryeth vp,

JPS

As the waters fail from the sea, and the river is drained dry;

LXXE

For the sea wastes in length of time, and a river fails and is dried up.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אָֽזְלוּ־מַ֭יִם מִנִּי־יָ֑ם וְ֝נָהָ֗ר יֶחֱרַ֥ב וְיָבֵֽשׁ׃

LXX-Br

Χρόνῳ γὰρ σπανίζεται θάλασσα, ποταμὸς δὲ ἐρημωθεὶς ἐξηράνθη.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 19:5The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.
• Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.
• Job 6:15–18But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow, darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow, but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.…

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