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Job 14:10
10But when people lose their strength and they die, that is the end. After they die, where do they go?
Job 14:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
- New International Version (NIV)But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But a man dies and is laid low; man breathes his last, and where is he?
- New King James Version (NKJV)But man dies and is laid away; Indeed he breathes his last And where is he?
Context of Job 14:10
8Its roots in the ground may be old. The part of the tree that remains may be nearly dead. 9But if only a little water comes near to it, it will start to grow again. It will make new branches, like a young plant. But when people lose their strength and they die, that is the end. After they die, where do they go? 11When the water disappears from a lake or a river, they become dry. 12It is the same with people when they die. They will never rise to live again. As long as the sky remains above the earth, they will continue to sleep in death.
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וְגֶ֣בֶר יָ֭מוּת וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ וַיִּגְוַ֖ע אָדָ֣ם וְאַיּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 14:10
- Job 3:11It would have been better if I had died at birth. I should have been born dead.
- Job 10:18Why did you let me be born? I should have died before anyone saw me.
- Job 11:20But wicked people will not find any help. They cannot escape from their troubles. They can only hope to die.’
- Job 17:13The only home that I hope to go to is my grave. I will lie down to sleep there in the dark.
- Genesis 49:33Jacob finished telling his sons what they should do. Then he lay down on his bed again. He breathed for the last time and he died there.
- Matthew 27:50Then Jesus shouted again with a loud voice, and after that he died.
- Acts 5:10Immediately, Sapphira fell down in front of Peter and she died. Then the young men came into the room. They saw that Sapphira was dead. So they carried her outside and they buried her body next to her husband.
- Job 14:12It is the same with people when they die. They will never rise to live again. As long as the sky remains above the earth, they will continue to sleep in death.
- Job 7:7Remember, God, that my life is as short as a breath. I know that I will never be happy again.
- Job 19:26Illness may completely destroy my skin. But after that happens, I know that in this body I will see God.
- Proverbs 14:32When wicked people are in trouble, they cannot stand. But righteous people still trust God, even when they are in danger of death.
- Luke 16:22Then Lazarus died and God's angels carried him away. They put him at the side of Abraham in heaven. The rich man then also died and his family buried him in the ground.
Commentaries on Job 14:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10But man dieth - No human being ever can spring from the dead body of man; that wasteth away, corrupts, and is dissolved; for the man dies; and when he breathes out his last breath, and his body is reduced to dust, then, where is he? There is a beautiful verse in the Persian poet Khosroo, that is not unlike this saying of Job: - "I went towards the burying ground, and wept To think of the departure of friends which were captives to death; I said, Where are…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10But man dieth and wasteth away - Margin, “Is weakened, or cut off.” The Hebrew word (חלשׁ châlash ) means to overthrow, prostrate, discomfit; and hence, to be weak, frail, or waste away. The Septuagint renders it ̓̀ ̀ ́ ̓́ͅ Anēr de teleutēsas ōcheto - “man dying goes away.” Herder renders it,” his power is gone.” The idea is, he entirely vanishes. He leaves nothing to sprout up again. There is no germ; no shoot; no living root; no seminal principle…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 Though a tree is cut down, yet, in a moist situation, shoots come forth, and grow up as a newly planted tree. But when man is cut off by death, he is for ever removed from his place in this world. The life of man may fitly be compared to the waters of a land flood, which spread far, but soon dry up. All Job's expressions here show his belief in the great doctrine of the resurrection. Job's friends proving miserable comforters, he pleases…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. man ... man--Two distinct Hebrew words are here used; Geber, a mighty man: though mighty, he dies. Adam, a man of earth: because earthly, he gives up the ghost. wasteth--is reduced to nothing: he cannot revive in the present state, as the tree does. The cypress and pine, which when cut down do not revive, were the symbols of death among the Romans.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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