“Ver. 18, 19. And surely the mountain falling slippeth away, and the rock is removed out of his place. The waters wear the stones, and by washing little by little the earth is consumed, and so Thou wilt in a like way destroy man. MORAL INTERPRETATION This is very often the case, that upon rocks falling, a piece of rock…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XII
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19The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
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17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
18And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
— Job 14:19 —
20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.