Job 14:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְגֶ֣בֶר יָ֭מוּת וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ וַיִּגְוַ֖ע אָדָ֣ם וְאַיּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wəgeber yāmût wayyeḥĕlāš wayyigwaʿ ʾādām wəʾayyô

Grammar Details

*wəgeber*: conjunction + noun, masculine, singular - and man/strong man
*yāmût*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he dies
*wayyeḥĕlāš*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - and he is weakened/prostrated
*wayyigwaʿ*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - and he expires/perishes
*ʾādām*: noun, masculine, singular - man/human
*wəʾayyô*: conjunction + interrogative + 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix - and where is he

Word Meanings

*geber*: man/mighty man/strong man
*yāmût*: dies/perishes
*wayyeḥĕlāš*: is weakened/is prostrated/is laid low
*wayyigwaʿ*: expires/perishes/breathes his last
*ʾādām*: man/mankind/human
*ʾayyô*: where is he/his whereabouts

ℹ️

About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

Word-for-word

5/5

Readability

2/5

💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

👥 Who is this for?

Ideal for

Pastors and teachers
Seminary students
Serious Bible students
Readers conducting word studies
Those referencing Hebrew/Greek tools

Consider alternatives for

Casual readers
Children and early teens
ESL learners seeking simple English
Readers preferring contemporary language

🔄 Compare with

ESVNIVCSBNLTNASBNET

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

Job 7:7-9 : 7 Oh remember that my life is a breath: Mine eye shall no more see good. 8 The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be. 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.
Job 14:12 : 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.
Job 17:13-16 : 13 If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness; 14 If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister; 15 Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it? 16 It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.
Job 19:26 : 26 And after my skin, [even] this [body], is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;
Prov 14:32 : 32 The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
Matt 27:50 : 50 And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.
Luke 16:22-23 : 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. 23 And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Acts 5:10 : 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 10:18 : 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.
Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.
Gen 49:33 : 33 And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Job 3:11 : 11 Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Job 14:11-14
4 verses
82%
11[ As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;
12So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
13Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14If a man die, shall he live [again]? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.
Job 14:1-3
3 verses
81%
1Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.
2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?
Job 34:14-15
2 verses
79%
14If he set his heart upon himself, [If] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
15All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust.
Ps 144:3-4
2 verses
78%
3Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?
4Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Ps 146:4
76%
4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
Ps 89:47-48
2 verses
76%
47Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
48What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? {H5542}
Ps 103:15-16
2 verses
76%
15As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more.
Job 14:8-9
2 verses
75%
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 put forth boughs like a plant.
Eccl 3:19-21
3 verses
75%
19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.
20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?
2 Sam 14:14
74%
14For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.
Isa 2:22
74%
22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Job 7:9-10
2 verses
74%
9As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.
10He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.
Eccl 12:7
74%
7and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
Ps 49:12
74%
12But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
Job 17:1
73%
1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is [ready] for me.
Ps 104:29
73%
29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.
Eccl 6:11-12
2 verses
72%
11Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
12For who knoweth what is good for man in [his] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Job 8:12
72%
12Whilst it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, It withereth before any [other] herb.
Job 4:21
72%
21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
Ps 37:36
71%
36But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Jas 4:14
71%
14whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. {G1063} What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Eccl 8:8
71%
8There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
Isa 40:7
71%
7The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass.
Eccl 6:6
71%
6yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy no good, do not all go to one place?
Job 20:7
71%
7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Job 21:32
71%
32Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb.
Eccl 12:5
71%
5yea, they shall be afraid of [that which is] high, and terrors [shall be] in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:
1 Pet 1:24
71%
24For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:
Jas 1:11
71%
11For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass: and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.
Job 14:19
70%
19The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
Job 33:22
70%
22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.
Ps 90:6
70%
6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Eccl 5:16
70%
16And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?
Job 17:15
70%
15Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
Ps 6:5
70%
5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?
Eccl 9:5
70%
5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.