Job Laments the Finality of Death
Job 14:10
In 11 translations
- BSB
- But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
- KJV
- But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?wasteth…: Heb. is weakened, or, cut off
- WEB
- But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
- ASV
- But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
- LSV
- And a man dies, and becomes weak, || And man expires, and where [is] he?
- YLT
- And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where [is] he?
- DBY
- But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
- DRC
- But man when he shall be dead, and stripped and consumed, I pray you where is he?
- GNV
- But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he?
- JPS
- But man dieth, and lieth low; yea, man perisheth, and where is he?
- LXXE
- But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְגֶ֣בֶר יָ֭מוּת וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ וַיִּגְוַ֖ע אָדָ֣ם וְאַיּֽוֹ׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἀνὴρ δὲ τελευτήσας ᾤχετο, πεσὼν δὲ βροτὸς οὐκ ἔτι ἐστί.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Job 19:26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
- Job 7:7–10Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness. The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more. As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes…
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
- Genesis 49:33When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
- Job 17:13–16If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness, and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’ where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me? Will it…
- Acts 5:10At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
- Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
- Luke 16:22–23One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried. In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
- Job 14:12so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.
- Matthew 27:50When Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He yielded up His spirit.
- Job 3:11Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
- Job 10:18Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!
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