Job 14 · Verse 18

Job 14:18

And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
Job 14:18, King James Version

Job 14:18 in other translations

BSBBut as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,
WEB“But the mountain falling comes to nothing. The rock is removed out of its place.
ASVBut the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;
YLTAnd yet, a falling mountain wasteth away, And a rock is removed from its place.
DARBYAnd indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;
BBEBut truly a mountain falling comes to dust, and a rock is moved from its place;
WebsterAnd surely the mountain falling cometh to naught, and the rock is removed out of its place.

What does Job 14:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. cometh to naught--literally, "fadeth"; a poetical image from a leaf (Is 34:4). Here Job falls back into his gloomy bodings as to the grave. Instead of "and surely," translate "yet"; marking the transition from his brighter hopes. Even the solid mountain falls and crumbles away; man therefore cannot "hope" to escape decay or to live again in the present world (Job 14:19). out of his place--so man (Psa 103:16).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 The mountain falling cometh to naught - Every thing in nature is exposed to mutability and decay: - even mountains themselves may fall from their bases, and be dashed to pieces; or be suddenly swallowed up by an earthquake; and, by the same means, the strongest and most massive rocks may be removed.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 14:16-22

Job's faith and hope spake, and grace appeared to revive; but depravity again prevailed. He represents God as carrying matters to extremity against him. The Lord must prevail against all who contend with him. God may send disease and pain, we may lose all comfort in those near and dear to us, every hope of earthly happiness may be destroyed, but God will receive the believer into realms of eternal happiness. But…

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Job 14:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְ֭אוּלָםVe.'u.lomand butH199
הַר\־har-a mountainH2022
נוֹפֵ֣לno.Fel[is] fallingH5307
יִבּ֑וֹלyi.Bolit crumbles awayH5034
וְ֝צ֗וּרve.Tzurand a rockH6697
יֶעְתַּ֥קye'.Takit movesH6275
מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ\׃mi.me.ko.Mofrom place itsH4725

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 14:18

  • Revelation 6:14

    And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

  • Job 18:4

    He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

  • Jeremiah 4:24

    I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

  • Psalms 102:25-26

    Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

  • Isaiah 54:10

    For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

  • Isaiah 64:1

    Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

  • Revelation 20:11

    And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

  • Revelation 8:8

    And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;

  • Isaiah 40:12

    Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

  • Isaiah 41:15-16

    Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

  • Matthew 27:51

    And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the mountain.
Ps 102:25,26; Isa 40:12; 41:15,16; 54:10; 64:1; Jer 4:24; Re 6:14
Re 8:8; 20:11
cometh to nought. Heb. fadeth. the rock.
18:4; Mt 27:51

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Context

  • Job 14:17

    My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

  • Job 14:18

    And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.

  • Job 14:19

    The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

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Job 14:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y ciertamente el monte que cae se deshace, y las peñas son traspasadas de su lugar;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais une montagne qui s’éboule est réduite en poussière, et le rocher est transporté de son lieu;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und doch, ein Berg stürzt ein, zerfällt, und ein Fels rückt weg von seiner Stelle;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Mons cadens defluit, et saxum transfertur de loco suo: