Text -- Job 14:11 (NET)

14:11 As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains away and dries up,

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Job 14:11

¹ tn The comparative clause may be signaled simply by the context, especially when facts of a moral nature are compared with the physical world (see GKC 499 §161.a).

² tn The Hebrew word יָם (yam) can mean “sea” or “lake.”