Job 14:12
What does Job 14:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 14:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
KJV
King James Version · 1611So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752So man when he is fallen asleep shall not rise again; till the heavens be broken, he shall not awake, nor rise up out of his sleep.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 102:26
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
- Job 30:23
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
- Isaiah 65:17
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
- Isaiah 66:22
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith Jehovah, so shall your seed and your name remain.
- Daniel 12:2
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Isaiah 26:19
Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
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