Job 14:20

In 11 translations

BSB

You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.

KJV

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

WEB

You forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away.

ASV

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

LSV

You prevail [over] him forever, and he goes, || He is changing his countenance, || And You send him away.

YLT

Thou prevailest [over] him for ever, and he goeth, He is changing his countenance, And Thou sendest him away.

DBY

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.

DRC

Thou hast strengthened him for a little while, that he may pass away for ever: thou shalt change his face, and shalt send him away.

GNV

Thou preuailest alway against him, so that he passeth away: he changeth his face when thou castest him away.

JPS

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

LXXE

Thou drivest him to an end, and he is gone: thou settest thy face against him, and sendest him away;

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Original-language editions

WLC

תִּתְקְפֵ֣הוּ לָ֭נֶצַח וַֽיַּהֲלֹ֑ךְ מְשַׁנֶּ֥ה פָ֝נָ֗יו וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃

LXX-Br

Ὦσας αὐτὸν εἰς τέλος, καὶ ᾤχετο· ἐπέστησας αὐτῷ τὸ πρόσωπον, καὶ ἐξαπέστειλας,

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 14:14When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
• Job 2:12When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
• Lamentations 4:8But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
• Ecclesiastes 8:8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

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