Job 14:20
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Thou hast strengthened him for a little while, that he may pass away for ever: thou shalt change his face, and shalt send him away.

prevailest

Ecclesiastes 8:8 It is not in man's power to stop the spirit, neither hath he power in the day of death, neither is he suffered to rest when war is at hand, neither shall wickedness save the wicked.

changest

Job 14:14 Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, live again? all the days in which I am now in warfare, I expect until my change come.

Job 2:12 And when they had lifted up their eyes afar off, they knew him not, and crying out, they wept, and rending their garments, they sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

Lamentations 4:8 Heth. Their face is now made blacker than coals, and they are not known in the streets: their skin hath stuck to their bones, it is withered, and is become like wood.

Context
Job Laments the Finality of Death
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. 20Thou hast strengthened him for a little while, that he may pass away for ever: thou shalt change his face, and shalt send him away.21Whether his children come to honour or dishonour, he shall not understand.…
Cross References
Job 3:13
For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep:

Job 4:20
From morning till evening they shall be cut down: and because no one understandeth, they shall perish for ever.

Job 20:7
In the end he shall be destroyed like a dunghill, and they that had seen him, shall say: Where is he?

Lexicon
You forever
לָ֭נֶצַח (lā·ne·ṣaḥ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5331: Eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity

overpower him,
תִּתְקְפֵ֣הוּ (tiṯ·qə·p̄ê·hū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8630: To prevail over, overpower

and he passes on;
וַֽיַּהֲלֹ֑ךְ (way·ya·hă·lōḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

You change
מְשַׁנֶּ֥ה (mə·šan·neh)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8138: To fold, duplicate, to transmute

his countenance
פָ֝נָ֗יו (p̄ā·nāw)
Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

and send him away.
וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃ (wat·tə·šal·lə·ḥê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out


Additional Translations
You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.You prevail for ever against him, and he passes: you change his countenance, and send him away.

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

Thou drivest him to an end, and he is gone: thou settest thy face against him, and sendest him away;

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

You forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away.

Thou prevailest over him for ever, and he goeth, He is changing his countenance, And Thou sendest him away.
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