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 man dies and is powerless. Man expires—and where is he? 11As water evaporates from the sea and a river drains away and dries up, so a person lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, people will not awake, or be roused from their sleep. 13“Oh that You would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me until Your wrath has passed! Oh that You would set a time for me and then remember me! 14If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard labor I will wait until my relief comes.

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 10:21before I depart, and never return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
• Job 30:23For I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all the living.
• Ecclesiastes 3:19For the destiny of humankind and the destiny of animals are one and the same. As one dies, so dies the other. Both have the same breath—a human has no advantage over an animal—both are fleeting.
• Ecclesiastes 12:5when they also are afraid of heights and of dangers on the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper berry fails to excite— for a man is going to his eternal home, and mourners go about in the street—
• Job 19:25“Yet I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end, He will stand on earth.
• Psalms 102:26Long ago You founded the earth, the heavens are the work of Your hands.
• Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath. For the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its inhabitants will die like gnats, but My salvation will be forever, and My righteousness never wane.
• Isaiah 65:17For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered or come to mind.
• Isaiah 66:22“For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“so your descendants and your name will endure.”
• Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
• Acts 3:21Heaven must receive Him, until the time of the restoration of all the things that God spoke about long ago through the mouth of His holy prophets.
• Romans 8:20For the creation was subjected to futility—not willingly but because of the One who subjected it—in hope
• 2 Peter 3:7But by the same word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire—kept until the Day of Judgment and the destruction of ungodly people.
• Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne, and the One seated on it. The earth and heaven fled from His presence, but no place was found for them.
• Revelation 21:1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
• Job 3:13For now I would be lying down and quiet; I would be asleep and at rest

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