“As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:”
Job 14:11 (KJV) |
Job 14:11
From Job 14, in the Book of Job (Old Testament).
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Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
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But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
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As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
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So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
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O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!