Job 14:19 | JFB | STEP | 19. The Hebrew order is more forcible: "Stones themselves are worn away by water." things which grow out of —rather, " floods wash away the dust of the earth." There is a gradation from "mountains" to "rocks" ( ), then "stones," then last "dust of the earth"; thus the solid mountain at last disappears utterly.

Job 14:19

19. The Hebrew order is more forcible: "Stones themselves are worn away by water."

things which grow out of—rather, "floods wash away the dust of the earth." There is a gradation from "mountains" to "rocks" (Job 14:18), then "stones," then last "dust of the earth"; thus the solid mountain at last disappears utterly.

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