Job 34:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִגְוַ֣ע כָּל־בָּשָׂ֣ר יָ֑חַד וְ֝אָדָ֗ם עַל־עָפָ֥ר יָשֽׁוּב׃

Transliteration

yigwaʿ kol-bāśār yāḥad wə-ʾādām ʿal-ʿāpār yāšûb

Grammar Details

*yigwaʿ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would expire
*kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of
*bāśār*: masculine singular noun - flesh
*yāḥad*: adverb - together
*wə-ʾādām*: waw conjunction + masculine singular noun - and mankind
*ʿal*: preposition - to/upon
*ʿāpār*: masculine singular noun - dust
*yāšûb*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would return

Word Meanings

*yigwaʿ*: would expire/would perish/would die
*kol-bāśār*: all flesh/every living thing/all creatures
*yāḥad*: together/at once/simultaneously
*ʾādām*: mankind/humanity/humankind
*ʿāpār*: dust/earth/soil
*yāšûb*: would return/would go back/would revert

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Isa 57:16 : 16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
Isa 27:4 : 4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
Job 9:22 : 22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Job 10:9 : 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Job 30:23 : 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Ps 90:3-9 : 3 Thou turnest{H8686)} man to destruction; and sayest{H8799)}, Return{H8798)}, ye children of men. 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past{H8799)}, and as a watch in the night. 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood{H8804)}; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up{H8799)}. 6 In the morning it flourisheth{H8686)}, and groweth up{H8804)}; in the evening it is cut down{H8787)}, and withereth{H8804)}. 7 For we are consumed{H8804)} by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled{H8738)}. 8 Thou hast set{H8804)} our iniquities before thee, our secret{H8803)} sins in the light of thy countenance. 9 For all our days are passed away{H8804)} in thy wrath: we spend{H8765)} our years as a tale that is told. 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off{H8804)}, and we fly away{H8799)}.

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