Job 14:18
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. | But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place, | But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place; |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and but | וְ֭אוּלָם | VE-'u-lom | H0199 | butאוּלָם (u.lam) 1) but, but indeed (a strong adversative) 2) however, nevertheless |
| a mountain | הַר־ | har- | H2022G | mountain: mountהַר (har) : mount/hill hill, mountain, hill country, mount |
| [is] falling | נוֹפֵ֣ל | no-FEL | H5307G | to fall: fallנָפַל (na.phal) : fall/drop/fail 1) to fall, lie, be cast down, fail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to fall 1a2) to fall (of violent death) 1a3) to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before 1a4) to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to, go away to, fall into the hand of 1a5) to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result 1a6) to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to 1a7) to lie, lie prostrate 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate 1b2) to overthrow 1b3) to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot 1b4) to let drop, cause to fail (fig.) 1b5) to cause to fall … |
| it crumbles away | יִבּ֑וֹל | yi-BOL | H5034B | to witherנָבֵל (na.vel) 1) to sink or drop down, languish, wither and fall, fade 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sink or drop down 1a2) to fall, wither and fall, fade 1a3) to droop |
| and a rock | וְ֝צ֗וּר | ve-TZUR | H6697H | mountainטוּר (tur) mountain Aramaic of tsur (צוּר "rock" H6697H) |
| it moves | יֶעְתַּ֥ק | ye'-TAK | H6275 | to proceedעָתַק (a.taq) 1) to move, proceed, advance, move on, become old, be removed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to move 1a2) to advance (in years), grow old and weak 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to move forward, proceed, move on 1b2) to remove 1b3) to transcribe |
| from place its | מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃ | mi-me-ko-MO | H4725 | placeמָקוֹם (ma.qom) 1) standing place, place 1a) standing place, station, post, office 1b) place, place of human abode 1c) city, land, region 1d) place, locality, spot 1e) space, room, distance 1f) region, quarter, direction 1g) give place to, instead of |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.