Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
cometh to naught—literally, "fadeth"; a poetical image from a leaf (Isaiah 34:4). Here Job falls back into his gloomy bodings as to the grave. Instead of "and surely," translate "yet"; marking the transition from his brighter hopes. Even the solid mountain falls and crumbles away; man therefore cannot "hope" to escape decay or to live again in the present world (Job 14:19).
out of his place—so man (Psalms 103:16).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 14:18:
Job 14:19
Job 18:4
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