Job 14:11

Modern

As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,

Traditional

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

Literal

As waters disappear from the sea, and a river dries up and withers,

Latin

Quomodo si recedant aquæ de mari, et fluvius vacuefactus arescat:

Hebrew

English

As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 19:5
The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.
Job 6:15–18
But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
Jeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.