Job 14:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    So man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, they shall not awake nor be raised out of their sleep.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    So man{H376} lieth down{H7901} and riseth{H6965} not: Till the heavens{H8064} be no more,{H1115} they shall not awake,{H6974} Nor be roused out{H5782} of their sleep.{H8142}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    So man{H376} lieth down{H7901}{(H8804)}, and riseth{H6965}{(H8799)} not: till the heavens{H8064} be no more{H1115}, they shall not awake{H6974}{(H8686)}, nor be raised out{H5782}{(H8735)} of their sleep{H8142}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    but when man slepeth, he ryseth not agayne, vntill the heauen perish: he shal not wake vp ner ryse out of his slepe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    So man sleepeth and riseth not: for hee shall not wake againe, nor be raised from his sleepe till the heauen be no more.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    So man after he is asleepe ryseth not, he shall not wake tyll the heauens be no more, nor rise out of his sleepe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    So man lies down and doesn't rise; Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    so man lies down and doesn't rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:21-22 : 21 Before I go, never to return, to a land of darkness and deep shadow. 22 A land of gloom like deep darkness, a land of shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.
  • Acts 3:21 : 21 Heaven must receive Him until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God spoke about through the holy prophets from ages past.
  • Job 3:13 : 13 For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept, then I would be at rest.
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 Then I saw a great white throne and the one seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.
  • Rev 21:1 : 1 Then 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 7:21 : 21 Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.
  • Rom 8:20 : 20 For the creation was subjected to futility—not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it—in hope
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
  • 1 Thess 4:14-15 : 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
  • 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 But by the same word, the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and the destruction of ungodly people.
  • 2 Pet 3:10-13 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. 11 Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 Looking forward to and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens, being set on fire, will be dissolved, and the elements will melt with intense heat. 13 But according to His promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
  • Job 19:25-27 : 25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will stand upon the earth. 26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God. 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!
  • Job 30:23 : 23 I know You will bring me back to death, to the house appointed for all the living.
  • Ps 102:26 : 26 Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
  • Eccl 3:19-21 : 19 For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over animals, for everything is meaningless. 20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. 21 Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down to the earth?
  • Eccl 12:5 : 5 They are also afraid of heights and dangers along the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and desire fails, for the man is going to his eternal home, and mourners walk around in the streets.
  • Isa 26:19 : 19 Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
  • Isa 51:6 : 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens and look at the earth below. For the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its inhabitants will die like flies. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
  • Isa 65:17 : 17 Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
  • Isa 66:22 : 22 For just as the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before Me, declares the Lord, so will your descendants and your name endure.
  • Dan 12:2 : 2 Many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
  • Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
  • John 11:11-13 : 11 After he said this, he told them, 'Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going to wake him up.' 12 The disciples said to him, 'Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.' 13 Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought he was referring to natural sleep.

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  • Job 14:13-14
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    13 If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If you would set me a time and then remember me!

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  • 19 The rich man lies down, but he will not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is no more.

  • 16 Will they go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?

  • 26 They lie down together in the dust, and worms cover them.

  • 15 all flesh would perish together, and mankind would return to dust.

  • 4 When I lie down, I think, 'When will I get up?' But the night drags on, and I am filled with tossing till dawn.

  • 2 Many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

  • 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their memory is forgotten.

  • 15 In a dream, a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while they slumber on their beds,

  • 14 The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them and wiped out all memory of them.

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    5 Return, LORD! Rescue my soul; save me because of Your steadfast love.

  • 7 And the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

  • 17 The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence.

  • 13 In disquieting dreams from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men,

  • 32 He is carried to the graves, and a watch is kept over his tomb.

  • 19 Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.

  • 2 He springs up like a flower and withers away; he flees like a shadow and does not endure.

  • 5 Though it has never seen the sun or known anything, it has more rest than that man.

  • 17 There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

  • 2 Before the sun, light, moon, and stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain.

  • 4 I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,

  • 20 From morning to evening they are broken to pieces; without anyone noticing, they perish forever.

  • 21 Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.

  • 18 All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each in his own tomb,

  • 2 It is futile for you to rise early and stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for He grants sleep to His beloved.

  • 5 You sweep them away like a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that springs up in the morning—

  • Job 20:8-9
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    8 Like a dream he flies away and is no more; he is chased away like a vision of the night.

    9 The eye that saw him will see him no longer, and his place will behold him no more.

  • 19 As drought and heat consume the snow waters, so Sheol consumes those who have sinned.

  • 12 Their inward thought is that their houses will last forever, and their dwelling places for all generations; they call their lands by their own names.

  • 20 Like a dream when one awakes, so, Lord, when You arise, You will despise their image.

  • 29 When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.

  • 14 This is their fate, their foolish confidence. And yet, after them, people approve their words. Selah.

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    14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep.

  • 19 Though he blesses himself during his lifetime, and people praise you when you prosper,

  • 48 Remember how fleeting my life is; for what futility have you created all humanity!

  • 11 I said, "I will not see the LORD, the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on humanity or be with those who dwell in the world of the dead."

  • 9 How long will you lie there, sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?

  • 20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.

  • 16 For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

  • 22 Yet God drags away the mighty with His power; though they rise up, they do not trust in their own lives.

  • 4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish.

  • 14 We must all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away life, but devises ways so that a banished person may not remain estranged from Him.

  • 14 "What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be set free."