If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.
Job 19:10 - Revised Standard Version He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone, and my hope has he pulled up like a tree. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: And mine hope hath he removed like a tree. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone; my hope has He pulled up like a tree. American Standard Version (1901) He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree. Common English Bible tore me down completely so that I’ll die, and uprooted my hope like a tree. Catholic Public Domain Version He has destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and, like an uprooted tree, he has taken away my hope. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am lost. And he hath taken away my hope, as from a tree that is plucked up. |
If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.
the waters wear away the stones; the torrents wash away the soil of the earth; so thou destroyest the hope of man.
So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord, and afflicted Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
The squares of the town forget them; their name is no longer remembered; so wickedness is broken like a tree.’
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and come to their end without hope.