Job 14:10

Job 14:10 in other versions

• 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)“But when people die, their strength is gone. They breathe their last, and then where are they?

Context of Job 14:10

8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; 9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? 11As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: 12So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

Job 14:10 word by word

וְגֶ֣בֶר יָ֭מוּת וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ וַיִּגְוַ֖ע אָדָ֣ם וְאַיּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• But manגָּבֶרgeber · great manH1397
• diethמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• and wasteth awayחָלַשׁchâlash · to weakenH2522
• yea, manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• giveth up the ghostגָּוַעgâva‛ · to dieH1478

Cross-references for Job 14:10

• Job 3:11Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
• Job 10:18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
• Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
• Job 17:13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
• Genesis 49:33And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
• Matthew 27:50Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
• Acts 5:10Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
• Job 14:12So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
• Job 7:7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
• Job 19:26And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
• Proverbs 14:32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
• Luke 16:22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

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