Job 14:10

But man dieth, and lieth powerless: yea, the son of earth departeth—and where is he?

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

In Context

9Yet through the scent of water will it flourish [again], and produce boughs as though It were newly planted.

11The waters run off from the sea, and the river faileth and drieth up:

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:15For strangers are we before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: like a shadow are our days on the earth, and there is no hope [of abiding].

Job 7:7Oh remember that nothing but a breath is my life; that my eye will not again see happiness;

Job 7:21And why wilt thou not forgive my transgression, and let my iniquity pass away? for soon must I lie down in the dust; and thou wilt seek for me, but I shall be no more.

Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and the means of escape will vanish from them, and their [sole] hope shall be the breathing out of their soul.

Job 17:13When I hope for the nether world as my house; in the darkness have I spread my couch;

Job 20:7Yet when he but turneth round will he vanish for ever; those who have seen him will say, Where is he?

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 →

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