The Meaning of Job 14:11 Explained

Job 14:11

KJV: As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

YLT: Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry.

Darby: The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:

ASV: As the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 14:11?

MEANING: What does Job 14:11 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 14:11 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 14:11?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[As] the waters  fail  from the sea,  and the flood  decayeth  and drieth up: 

What does Job 14:11 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 14:11 mean?

Disappears [As] water from the sea and a river becomes parched and dries up
אָֽזְלוּ־ מַ֭יִם מִנִּי־ יָ֑ם וְ֝נָהָ֗ר יֶחֱרַ֥ב וְיָבֵֽשׁ

אָֽזְלוּ־  Disappears 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: אָזַל  
Sense: to go, to go away, to go about.
מַ֭יִם  [As]  water 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
יָ֑ם  the  sea 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.
וְ֝נָהָ֗ר  and  a  river 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נָהָר  
Sense: stream, river.
יֶחֱרַ֥ב  becomes  parched 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָרֵב 
Sense: to be waste, lay waste, make desolate, be desolate, be in ruins.
וְיָבֵֽשׁ  and  dries  up 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָבֵשׁ  
Sense: to make dry, wither, be dry, become dry, be dried up, be withered.

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