The Meaning of Job 14:18 Explained

Job 14:18

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

YLT: And yet, a falling mountain wasteth away, And a rock is removed from its place.

Darby: And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;

ASV: But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 14:18?

MEANING: What does Job 14:18 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 14:18 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 14:18?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 14:18 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 14:1-22 - Shall Man Live Again?
Continuing his appeal, Job looks from his own case to the condition of mankind generally, Job 14:1-6. All men are frail and full of trouble, Job 14:12; why should God bring a creature so weak into judgment with Him? Job 14:3. The sinfulness of man is universal-not one can be proved clean before God, Job 14:4. Since man is so frail Job pleads that he may not have such unwonted affliction, but may get some pleasure, Job 14:6, r.v., out of his brief day.
The anticipation of death as total extinction strengthens Job's appeal, Job 14:7-12. Of a tree there is hope that, if cut down, it will sprout again, Job 14:7-9. But at present Job sees no such hope for man. He dies, and is done with, as waters "fail from the sea," Job 14:10-12. This is a gloomy, despairing thought, and one against which the mind rebels as soon as uttered. Against the belief that death is the end of all things every man's better nature revolts. Hence the picture of another life beyond the present immediately rises to Job, Job 14:13-15. It may be only a yearning desire, for Job still asks the question, Job 14:14. Yet this desire, as that for a Daysman, Job 9:32-34, both suggested by the heart's despair, is equally answered by the gospel.
The hope for a future life is made stronger by the apparent injustices that exist now, Job 14:16-22. God's treatment of Job appears to be so severe that Job must perish under His hand, Job 14:18-22. A future life is surely necessary to remedy the inequalities of the present. Evidently this is not the place and time of judgment. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 14

1  Job entreats God for favor, by the shortness of life, and certainty of death
7  He waits for his change
16  By sin the creature is subject to corruption

What do the individual words in Job 14:18 mean?

But [as] a mountain falls [and] crumbles away and [as] a rock is moved from its place
וְ֭אוּלָם הַר־ נוֹפֵ֣ל יִבּ֑וֹל וְ֝צ֗וּר יֶעְתַּ֥ק מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ

וְ֭אוּלָם  But  [as] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: אוּלָם  
Sense: but, but indeed (a strong adversative).
הַר־  a  mountain 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
נוֹפֵ֣ל  falls 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
יִבּ֑וֹל  [and]  crumbles  away 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָבֵל 
Sense: to be senseless, be foolish.
וְ֝צ֗וּר  and  [as]  a  rock 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: צוּר 
Sense: rock, cliff.
יֶעְתַּ֥ק  is  moved 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָתַק  
Sense: to move, proceed, advance, move on, become old, be removed.
מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ  from  its  place 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מָקֹום  
Sense: standing place, place.

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