Job 34:15

Job 34:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
• New International Version (NIV)all humanity would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
• English Standard Version (ESV)all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust.
• New King James Version (NKJV)All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust.

Context of Job 34:15

13God's great power did not come from anyone else! He himself has authority over the whole world. 14God could decide to remove life from the world. He could take back his spirit and his breath. If he did that, everyone that is alive would die. As humans, we would become dirt again. 16If you really understand things, Job, listen to me. Hear what I have to say. 17If God refused to do what is right, he could not rule the world. He is the powerful Judge who knows what is right. But you say that he is guilty!

Job 34:15 word by word

יִגְוַ֣ע כָּל־בָּשָׂ֣ר יָ֑חַד וְ֝אָדָ֗ם עַל־עָפָ֥ר יָשֽׁוּב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• All fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• shall perishגָּוַעgâva‛ · to dieH1478
• togetherיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162
• and manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• shall turn againשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• unto dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083

Cross-references for Job 34:15

• Job 30:23I know that you are already taking me to my death. Everyone who lives has to go to that place.
• Genesis 3:19You will have to work hard for a long time before you have any food to eat. You will do this for your whole life until you die. Then you will return into the ground. That is where you came from. I made you from the soil of the ground, and you will become soil again.’
• Psalms 90:3People return to dust in the ground when they die. You say, ‘Become dust again, you people.’
• Ecclesiastes 12:7Our bodies go back into the ground as dust. The breath of our life goes back to God, who gave it to us.
• Isaiah 27:4I am not angry now. If there were thorn bushes or weeds in my vineyard, I would attack them. I would burn them all.
• Isaiah 57:16I will not always speak against my people. I will not be angry with them for ever. I do not want them to lose hope completely. I myself gave life to them.

Commentaries on Job 34:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15All flesh shall perish together - If God chose, he would have a right to cut down the whole race. How then shall people complain of the loss of health, comforts, and friends, and presume to arraign God as if he were unjust?Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-15Verses 10-15 Elihu had showed Job, that God meant him no hurt by afflicting him, but intended his spiritual benefit. Here he shows, that God did him no wrong by afflicting him. If the former did not satisfy him, this ought to silence him. God cannot do wickedness, nor the Almighty commit wrong. If services now go unrewarded, and sins now go unpunished, yet there is a day coming, when God will fully render to every man according to his works. Further…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-15The passage connects three ideas to the belief that God can do no wrong (34:10, 12): God rewards or punishes people based on their actions (34:11); As the creator, God does not have to answer to anyone (34:13). Every living being relies on God for life. God can take life away without being wrong (34:14–15; compare Romans 9:19–29).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1514-15. "If He were to set His heart on man," either to injure him, or to take strict account of his sins. The connection supports rather [Umbreit], "If He had regard to himself (only), and were to gather unto Himself (Psa 104:29) man's spirit, &c. (which he sends forth, Psa 104:30; Ec 12:7), all flesh must perish together," &c. (Ge 3:19). God's loving preservation of His creatures proves He cannot be selfish, and therefore cannot be unjust.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 34:15

• Corruption
• Death
• God
• Life

In the dictionaries

• Chastisement
• Choose
• Dust
• Elihu
• Fit

Commentaries on Job 34

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings