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


In Context

8 Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,

9 yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant.

10 But man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more.

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

12 so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, men will not awake or be roused from their sleep.

13 "If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:11The waters recede from the lake, 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: