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Job 14:10

What does Job 14:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 14:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where <FI>is<Fi> he?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But man when he shall be dead, and stripped and consumed, I pray you where is he?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?

Context

v.9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.

v.10This passage

v.11Asthe waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 19:26

    And after my skin, eventhisbody, is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;

  • Job 10:18

    Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.

  • Acts 5:10

    And she fell down immediately at his feet, and gave up the ghost: and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband.

  • Job 14:12

    So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

  • Luke 16:22

    And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried.

  • Job 3:11

    Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?

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