“The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.”
Job 14:19 (KJV) |
Job 14:19
From Job 14, in the Book of Job (Old Testament).
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My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.