Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 14:18

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18. cometh to naught —literally, "fadeth"; a poetical image from a leaf ( :- ). Here Job falls back into his gloomy bodings as to the grave. Instead of "and surely," translate "yet"; marking the transition from his brighter hopes. Even the solid mountain falls and crumbles away; man therefore cannot "hope" to escape decay or to live again in the present world ( :- ). out of his place —so man ( Psalms 103:16 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-19" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-job-14-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/job-14-18

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological