Job 14:20

¹⁸ But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,

¹⁹ as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.

You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.

²¹ If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.

²² He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
KJV: Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
WEB: You forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away.
ASV: Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
DARBY: Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.
BLB: You prevail over him forever, and he goes away; You change his face and send him away.

ÅB: du overvelder ham for alltid, og han farer bort; du forvender hans åsyn og lar ham fare.
OTB: Du overmanner dem kontinuerlig, og de går bort;
Du endrer deres utseende og sender dem bort.
B1930: du overvelder ham for alltid, og han farer bort; du forvender hans åsyn og lar ham fare.

Job 2:12
When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
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Job 14:14
When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
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Ecclesiastes 8:8
As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
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Lamentations 4:8
But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
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