As the waters fail from the sea, and the river decays and dries up:
All Commentaries on Job 14:11 Go To Job 14
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Sea. There would be no supply of rain for the fountains. (Ecclesiastes i. 7.) All would continue dry: so when the blood is once gone, life is at an end. See 2 Kings xiv. 14. (Calmet)
The water cannot go back. (Menochius)