As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
Sea - i:e., a lake, or pool formed from the outspreading of as river. Job lived near the Euphrates; and "sea" is applied to it (Jeremiah 51:36; Isaiah 27:1). So of the Nile (Isaiah 19:5).
Fall - utterly disappear by, drying up. The rugged channel of the once-flowing water answers to the outstretched Fall - utterly disappear by, drying up. The rugged channel of the once-flowing water answers to the outstretched corpse ("lieth down," Job 14:12) of the once-living man.