Job 14:18
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A mountain falling cometh to nought, and a rock is removed out of its place.

the mountain

Psalm 102:25,26 In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: and the heavens are the works of thy hands. . . .

Isaiah 40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and weighed the heavens with his palm? who hath poised with three fingers the bulk of the earth, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Isaiah 41:15,16 I have made thee as a new thrashing wain, with teeth like a saw: thou shalt thrash the mountains, and break them in pieces: and shalt make the hills as chaff. . . .

Isaiah 54:10 For the mountains shall be moved, and the hills shall tremble; but my mercy shall not depart from thee, and the covenant of my peace shall not be moved: said the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

Isaiah 64:1 O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, and wouldst come down: the mountains would melt away at thy presence.

Jeremiah 4:24 I looked upon the mountains, and behold they trembled: and all the hills were troubled.

Revelation 6:14 And the heaven departed as a book folded up. And every mountain, and the islands, were moved out of their places.

Revelation 8:8 And the second angel sounded the trumpet: and, as it were, a great mountain, burning with fire, was cast into the sea. And the third part of the sea became blood.

Revelation 20:11 And I saw a great white throne and one sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away: and there was no place found for them

cometh to nought.

Job 18:4 Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place?

Matthew 27:51 And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top even to the bottom: and the earth quaked and the rocks were rent.

Context
Job Laments the Finality of Death
17Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured my iniquity. 18A mountain falling cometh to nought, and a rock is removed out of its place.19Waters wear away the stones, and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away: so in like manner thou shalt destroy man.…
Cross References
Job 14:17
Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured my iniquity.

Job 14:19
Waters wear away the stones, and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away: so in like manner thou shalt destroy man.

Lexicon
But
וְ֭אוּלָם (wə·’ū·lām)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 199: However, on the contrary

as a mountain
הַר־ (har-)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

erodes
נוֹפֵ֣ל (nō·w·p̄êl)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5307: To fall, lie

and crumbles
יִבּ֑וֹל (yib·bō·wl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5034: To wilt, to fall away, fail, faint, to be foolish, wicked, to despise, disgrace

and a rock
וְ֝צ֗וּר (wə·ṣūr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6697: A cliff, a rock, boulder, a refuge, an edge

is dislodged
יֶעְתַּ֥ק (ye‘·taq)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6275: To remove, to grow old, to transcribe

from its place,
מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃ (mim·mə·qō·mōw)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition


Additional Translations
But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,And surely the mountains falling comes to nothing, and the rock is removed out of his place.

But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;

And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.

And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;

And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;

And surely the mountain falling cometh to naught, and the rock is removed out of its place.

"But the mountain falling comes to nothing. The rock is removed out of its place;

And yet, a falling mountain wasteth away, And a rock is removed from its place.
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