English Standard Version
Job 14:22
22He feels only the pain of his own body, and he mourns only for himself."
Job 14:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
- New International Version (NIV)They feel but the pain of their own bodies and mourn only for themselves.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)But his flesh will be in pain over it, And his soul will mourn over it.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)They suffer painfully; their life is full of trouble.”
Context of Job 14:22
20You prevail forever against him, and he passes; you change his countenance, and send him away. 21His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; they are brought low, and he perceives it not. He feels only the pain of his own body, and he mourns only for himself."
Read all of Job 14Job 14:22 word by word
אַךְ־בְּ֭שָׂרוֹ עָלָ֣יו יִכְאָ֑ב וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ עָלָ֥יו תֶּאֱבָֽל׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 14:22
- Job 19:20My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
- Job 33:19"Man is also rebuked with pain on his bed and with continual strife in his bones,
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.
- Luke 16:23and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.
Commentaries on Job 14:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22But his flesh upon him shall have pain - The sum of the life of man is this, pain of body and distress of soul; and he is seldom without the one or the other, and often oppressed by both. Thus ends Job's discourse on the miserable state and condition of man. The last verse of the preceding chapter has been differently translated and explained. Mr. Good's version is the following, which he vindicates in a learned note: - For his flesh shall drop away from…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22But his flesh upon him shall have pain - Dr. Good renders this, “his flesh shall drop away from him.” This is evidently a representation of the state of the man after he was dead. He would be taken away from hope and from his friends. His body would be committed to the grave, and his spirit would go to the world of shades. The image in the mind seems to have been, that his flesh would suffer. It would be cold and chill, and would be devoured by worms…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-22Verses 16-22 Job's faith and hope spake, and grace appeared to revive; but depravity again prevailed. He represents God as carrying matters to extremity against him. The Lord must prevail against all who contend with him. God may send disease and pain, we may lose all comfort in those near and dear to us, every hope of earthly happiness may be destroyed, but God will receive the believer into realms of eternal happiness. But what a change awaits the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22Job no longer considered Sheol as a safe place (3:17–19; 14:13–17). The Old Testament often describes dead people as having no feelings (Psalm 88:12; Ecclesiastes 9:5; compare Isaiah 50:11; 66:24). The New Testament more plainly teaches that evil dead people experience suffering (Luke 16:23, 28; Revelation 14:11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. "Flesh" and "soul" describe the whole man. Scripture rests the hope of a future life, not on the inherent immortality of the soul, but on the restoration of the body with the soul. In the unseen world, Job in a gloomy frame anticipates, man shall be limited to the thought of his own misery. "Pain is by personification, from our feelings while alive, attributed to the flesh and soul, as if the man could feel in his body when dead. It is the dead in…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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