11The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:


In Context

8 Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,

9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.

10 But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?

11 The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:

12 So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.

13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me, —

Job 14:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:11[As] the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:11As water disappears from the sea or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:11As if the waters should depart out of the sea, and an emptied river should be dried up:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:11As the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:11As the waters fail from the sea, and the river decayeth and drieth up;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:11As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:11As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:11Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:11As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decays and dries up: