Job 14:10
And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where [is] he?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
In Context
9From the fragrance of water it doth flourish, And hath made a crop as a plant.
11Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:15for sojourners we [are] before Thee, and settlers, like all our fathers; as a shadow [are] our days on the land, and there is none abiding.
Job 7:7Remember Thou that my life [is] a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good.
Job 7:21Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me — and I am not!
Job 11:20And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!
Job 17:13If I wait — Sheol [is] my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.
Job 20:7As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders 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 →