Job 14:12

Job 14:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
• New International Version (NIV)so he lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.
• English Standard Version (ESV)so a man lies down and rises not again; till the heavens are no more he will not awake or be roused out of his sleep.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So man lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens are no more, They will not awake Nor be roused from their sleep.

Context of Job 14:12

10But 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. It 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. 13Please hide me in the place where dead people go! Hide me there until you are no longer angry. Decide how long I must be there, and then remember me again! 14If a man dies, will he live again? If I knew that, I would suffer patiently. I would wait until my troubles have finished.

Job 14:12 word by word

וְאִ֥ישׁ שָׁכַ֗ב וְֽלֹא־יָ֫ק֥וּם עַד־בִּלְתִּ֣י שָׁ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יָקִ֑יצוּ וְלֹֽא־יֵ֝עֹ֗רוּ מִשְּׁנָתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• lieth downשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• and risethקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• not: till the heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• no moreבִּלְתִּיbiltîy · lestH1115
• they shall not awakeקִיץqûts · to awakeH6974
• nor be raised outעוּר‛ûr · to rouseH5782
• of their sleepשֵׁנָהshênâh shênâ' · sleepH8142

Cross-references for Job 14:12

• Job 10:21I will soon go to the dark place where there is no hope. I will never come back from that place.
• Job 30:23I know that you are already taking me to my death. Everyone who lives has to go to that place.
• Ecclesiastes 3:19The same thing happens to humans as happens to animals. We all breathe for a time and then we die. Humans are no different to animals. Life has no purpose.
• Ecclesiastes 12:5You will be afraid to stand on high places. You will worry about danger in the streets. When you are old, your hair will become white, like the flowers on an almond tree. You will feel too tired to move yourself, like an old grasshopper. You will not want to have sex. Finally, we will all die and go to our home in the ground. Many people will weep at our funeral.
• Job 19:25As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. I know that, in the end, he will stand on the earth.
• Psalms 102:26They will all disappear one day, but you will remain. They will become spoiled, like old clothes. Like clothes, you will remove them, so that they disappear.
• Isaiah 51:6Look up at the sky! Look down at the earth below! One day, the sky will disappear like smoke that blows away. The earth will become useless, like old clothes. The people who live on it will die. They will fall like flies. But I will keep my people safe for ever. I will always rule with righteousness.
• Isaiah 65:17Listen! I will create new heavens and a new earth. People will not remember what things were like before. Those thoughts will not be in their minds at all.
• Isaiah 66:22The Lord says, ‘The new heavens and the new earth that I will make will always be there. In the same way, your descendants and your family name will always continue.’
• Matthew 24:35One day, the earth and the sky will have an end. But my words will be there for ever.’
• Acts 3:21Jesus must stay in heaven until the day that God will cause everything to become new again. Long ago God gave his prophets a message about this, and they told that message to people.
• Romans 8:20God has caused everything in the universe to lose its purpose. It did not choose to be like that. It was God who decided that it should be like that. Then it could hope for something better in a future time.
• 2 Peter 3:7But God has also spoken his word to say what will happen to the world in a future time. The sky and the earth that we see now will continue for a time. But God is keeping them until the day when he will destroy them with fire. On that day he will judge all people. He will destroy the people who have turned away from him.
• Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne. I saw that God was sitting on it. The earth and the sky rushed away from the place where he sat. There was no longer any place for them.
• Revelation 21:1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth had gone away. The sea also was not there any more.
• Job 3:13If I had died at birth, I would now be resting in peace.

Commentaries on Job 14:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12So man lieth down - He falls asleep in his bed of earth. And riseth not - Men shall not, like cut down trees and plants, reproduce their like; nor shall they arise till the heavens are no more, till the earth and all its works are burnt up, and the general resurrection of human beings shall take place. Surely it would be difficult to twist this passage to the denial of the resurrection of the body. Neither can these expressions be fairly understood as…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12So man lieth down, and riseth not - He lies down in the grave and does not rise again on the earth. Till the heavens be no more - That is, never; for such is the fair interpretation of the passage, and this accords with its design. Job means to say, undoubtedly, that man would never appear again in the land of the living; that he would not spring up from the grave, as a sprout does from a fallen tree; and that when he dies, he goes away from the earth…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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12does not rise: Job did not have even the minimal evidence of resurrection found in the Old Testament (2 Kings 13:21; Isaiah 26:19; Daniel 12:2; see also Job 19:25). Job was not focusing on the end of the universe when the heavens will disappear (Psalm 102:25–26; Isaiah 34:4; 51:6; Hebrews 1:10–12). He was referring to the eternal nature of the heavens (Psalm 148:6; see also Psalms 72:5, 7, 17; 89:29, 37). His phrase refers to the permanent state of death.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. heavens be no more--This only implies that Job had no hope of living again in the present order of the world, not that he had no hope of life again in a new order of things. Psa 102:26 proves that early under the Old Testament the dissolution of the present earth and heavens was expected (compare Ge 8:22). Enoch before Job had implied that the "saints shall live again" (Jude 14; He 11:13-16). Even if, by this phrase, Job meant "never" (Psa 89:29) in…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 14:12

• Dead (People)
• Death
• Heaven
• Resurrection
• Sleep

In the dictionaries

• Awake
• Born
• Change
• Clean
• Plow
• Raise
• Sew
• Stock
• Wait
• Waste

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