Job 14:19
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.

Young's Literal Translation
Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
as water
מַ֗יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

wears away
שָׁ֥חֲקוּ (šā·ḥă·qū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7833: To rub away, beat fine, pulverize

stones
אֲבָנִ֤ים ׀ (’ă·ḇā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 68: A stone

and torrents
סְפִיחֶ֥יהָ (sə·p̄î·ḥe·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5599: Something, falling off, a self-sown crop, a freshet

wash away
תִּשְׁטֹֽף־ (tiš·ṭōp̄-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7857: To gush, to inundate, cleanse, to gallop, conquer

the soil,
עֲפַר־ (‘ă·p̄ar-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

so You destroy
הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּ׃ (he·’ĕ·ḇaḏ·tā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

a man’s
אֱנ֣וֹשׁ (’ĕ·nō·wōš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 582: Man, mankind

hope.
וְתִקְוַ֖ת (wə·ṯiq·waṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8615: A cord, expectancy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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