Job 14:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.”
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“You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Thou prevailest <FI>over<Fi> him for ever, and he goeth, He is changing his countenance, And Thou sendest him away.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 14:20 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 2:12When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
- Job 14:14When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
- Lamentations 4:8But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
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