Job 14:12
So man lieth down and riseth not; till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
11As the waters fail from the sea, and the river is drained dry;
Cross References
Job 3:13For now should I have lain still and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest —
Job 7:21And why dost Thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; and Thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be.
Job 19:25But as for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He will witness at the last upon the dust;
Psalms 102:26(102-27) They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure; yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt Thou change them, and they shall pass away;
Ecclesiastes 11:8For if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
Isaiah 26:19Thy dead shall live, my dead bodies shall arise — awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust — for Thy dew is as the dew of light, and the earth shall bring to life the shades.
Matthew Henry on Job 14:8-16
Death Anticipated. ( b. c. 1520.) 7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: 12 So man lieth down, and… Read the whole commentary →