Job Laments the Finality of Death
Job 14:18
In 11 translations
- BSB
- But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,
- KJV
- And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.cometh…: Heb. fadeth
- WEB
- “But the mountain falling comes to nothing. The rock is removed out of its place.
- ASV
- But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;
- LSV
- And yet, a falling mountain wastes away, and a rock is removed from its place.
- YLT
- And yet, a falling mountain wasteth away, And a rock is removed from its place.
- DBY
- And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;
- DRC
- A mountain falling cometh to nought, and a rock is removed out of its place.
- GNV
- And surely as the mountaine that falleth, commeth to nought, and the rocke that is remooued from his place:
- JPS
- And surely the mountain falling crumbleth away, and the rock is removed out of its place;
- LXXE
- And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְ֭אוּלָם הַר־נוֹפֵ֣ל יִבּ֑וֹל וְ֝צ֗וּר יֶעְתַּ֥ק מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ πλὴν ὄρος πίπτον διαπεσεῖται, καὶ πέτρα παλαιωθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῆς.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Revelation 6:14The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
- Job 18:4You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
- Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
- Isaiah 64:1If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
- Isaiah 54:10Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
- Matthew 27:51At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
- Isaiah 40:12Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a…
- Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
- Isaiah 41:15–16Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff. You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a…
- Revelation 8:8Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood,
- Psalms 102:25–26In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they…
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