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Until the heavens are no more, they will not wake up nor be roused from their sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />so a man lies down and rises not again; till the heavens are no more he will not awake or be roused out of his sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens <i>be</i> no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So man lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens <i>are</i> no more, They will not awake Nor be roused from their sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens no longer exist, He will not awake nor be woken from his sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no longer, He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens be no more, He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no longer, He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So man lies down and does not rise [again]. Until the heavens are no longer, <i>The dead</i> will not awake nor be raised from their sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />so people lie down never to rise again. They will not wake up until the heavens are no more; they will not stir from their sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />so man lies down never to rise again. They will not wake up until the heavens are no more; they will not stir from their sleep. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />we fall into the sleep of death, never to rise again, until the sky disappears. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So man lieth down and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />so each person lies down and does not rise until the heavens cease to exist. He does not wake up. He is not awakened from his sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />people die, never to rise. They will never wake up while the sky endures; they will never stir from their sleep. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />so also a person lies down and does not get up; they won't awaken until the heavens are no more, nor will they arise from their sleep."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens shall be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />so man lies down and doesn’t rise. Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And man has lain down, and does not rise, "" Until the wearing out of the heavens they do not awaken, "" Nor are roused from their sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And man lay down and he will not rise: till the heavens be no more they shall not awake and rise from their sleep.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />So 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />just so, when a man is fallen asleep, he will not rise again, until the heavens are worn away; he will not awaken, nor rise from his sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So mortals lie down, never to rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />so mortals lie down and do not rise again; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake or be roused out of their sleep.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So man who lies down does not rise again; until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And a man who falls asleep does not rise until the Heavens wear out; they will not be awakened and they do not break out from their sleep<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So man lieth down and riseth not; Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And man that has lain down <i>in death</i> shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from their sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/14-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2162" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/14.htm">Job Laments the Finality of Death</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry, <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: wə·’îš (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">so a man</a> <a href="/hebrew/7901.htm" title="7901: šā·ḵaḇ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To lie down. A primitive root; to lie down.">lies down</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and does not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: yā·qūm (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">rise.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">Until</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">the heavens</a> <a href="/hebrew/1115.htm" title="1115: bil·tî (Prep) -- Constructive feminine of balah; properly, a failure of, i.e. not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.">are no more,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">he will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6974.htm" title="6974: yā·qî·ṣū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp) -- Arise, be awake, watch. A primitive root (compare yaqats); to awake.">be awakened</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/5782.htm" title="5782: yê·‘ō·rū (V-Nifal-Imperf-3mp) -- To rouse oneself, awake. A primitive root; to wake.">roused</a> <a href="/hebrew/8142.htm" title="8142: miš·šə·nā·ṯām (Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Sleep. Or shena; from yashen; sleep.">from sleep.</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-20.htm">1 Corinthians 15:20-22</a></span><br />But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. / For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. / For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-14.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:14-16</a></span><br />For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him. / By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep. / For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2</a></span><br />And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-28.htm">John 5:28-29</a></span><br />Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice / and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-51.htm">1 Corinthians 15:51-52</a></span><br />Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— / in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25-26</a></span><br />Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. / And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-11.htm">Romans 8:11</a></span><br />And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-12.htm">Ezekiel 37:12-14</a></span><br />Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. / Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. / I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/20-12.htm">Revelation 20:12-13</a></span><br />And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. / The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-31.htm">Matthew 22:31-32</a></span><br />But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you: / ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42-44</a></span><br />So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable. / It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. / It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-20.htm">Philippians 3:20-21</a></span><br />But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, / who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/20-35.htm">Luke 20:35-36</a></span><br />But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage. / In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-39.htm">John 6:39-40</a></span><br />And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day. / For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">So man lies down, and rises not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.</p><p class="hdg">So man</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/10-21.htm">Job 10:21,22</a></b></br> Before I go <i>whence</i> I shall not return, <i>even</i> to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/30-23.htm">Job 30:23</a></b></br> For I know <i>that</i> thou wilt bring me <i>to</i> death, and <i>to</i> the house appointed for all living.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-19.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:19-21</a></b></br> For 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; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all <i>is</i> vanity… </p><p class="hdg">till the heavens</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/19-25.htm">Job 19:25-27</a></b></br> For I know <i>that</i> my redeemer liveth, and <i>that</i> he shall stand at the latter <i>day</i> upon the earth: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/102-26.htm">Psalm 102:26</a></b></br> 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:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/51-6.htm">Isaiah 51:6</a></b></br> Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.</p><p class="hdg">awake</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/3-13.htm">Job 3:13</a></b></br> For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/7-21.htm">Job 7:21</a></b></br> And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I <i>shall</i> not <i>be</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a></b></br> Thy dead <i>men</i> shall live, <i>together with</i> my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew <i>is as</i> the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/21-16.htm">Aroused</a> <a href="/job/8-6.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/job/14-2.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/job/12-7.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/job/11-20.htm">Last</a> <a href="/job/14-10.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/job/2-12.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/job/10-19.htm">Resting-Place</a> <a href="/job/11-17.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-4.htm">Rises</a> <a href="/job/9-7.htm">Riseth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-21.htm">Roused</a> <a href="/job/7-21.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/esther/1-11.htm">Wearing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/17-8.htm">Aroused</a> <a href="/job/41-10.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/job/16-6.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/job/15-15.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/job/17-1.htm">Last</a> <a href="/job/19-28.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/job/31-21.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/job/15-28.htm">Resting-Place</a> <a href="/job/15-29.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/job/16-8.htm">Rises</a> <a href="/job/16-8.htm">Riseth</a> <a href="/psalms/76-7.htm">Roused</a> <a href="/job/31-10.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/songs/3-8.htm">Wearing</a><div class="vheading2">Job 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/14-1.htm">Job entreats God for favor, by the shortness of life, and certainty of death</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/14-7.htm">He waits for his change</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/14-16.htm">By sin the creature is subject to corruption</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>so a man lies down and does not rise.</b><br>This phrase reflects the finality of death as understood in the ancient Near Eastern context. In the book of Job, death is often depicted as a sleep from which there is no awakening, emphasizing the permanence of the grave. This aligns with the cultural understanding of Sheol, the abode of the dead, where individuals are cut off from the living. The imagery of lying down suggests rest, yet it is a rest that lacks the hope of resurrection, contrasting with later biblical revelations of life after death. This phrase can be compared to other Old Testament passages such as <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 9:5</a>, which speaks of the dead knowing nothing, highlighting the cessation of earthly life and activity.<p><b>Until the heavens are no more,</b><br>This expression indicates an indefinite period, suggesting the permanence of death until a cosmic change occurs. The heavens being "no more" implies a cataclysmic event, possibly alluding to the end of the world or a divine intervention that alters the current order. This can be connected to prophetic literature, such as <a href="/isaiah/34-4.htm">Isaiah 34:4</a> and <a href="/revelation/6-14.htm">Revelation 6:14</a>, where the heavens are described as being rolled up or dissolved, symbolizing the end times. The phrase underscores the belief that only a significant divine act could reverse the state of death.<p><b>he will not be awakened</b><br>The concept of awakening from death is a theme that finds fuller development in later biblical texts. In the context of Job, there is a sense of hopelessness regarding resurrection, as the prevailing belief was that death was a one-way journey. However, this notion of awakening foreshadows New Testament teachings on resurrection, where Christ is described as the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-20.htm">1 Corinthians 15:20</a>). The idea of awakening also resonates with <a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2</a>, which speaks of many who sleep in the dust of the earth awakening to everlasting life.<p><b>or roused from sleep.</b><br>The metaphor of sleep for death is common in biblical literature, emphasizing the temporary nature of death from a divine perspective. While Job expresses a lack of hope for resurrection, this imagery is later transformed in the New Testament, where believers are assured of being roused from the sleep of death through Christ's resurrection power. Passages such as <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-14.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:14-16</a> provide assurance that those who have died in Christ will be raised at His coming. This transformation of the sleep metaphor highlights the progressive revelation of God's redemptive plan throughout Scripture.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man known for his righteousness and suffering. Job is expressing his despair and reflections on the nature of life and death.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/heavens.htm">Heavens</a></b><br>In this context, the heavens refer to the celestial realm, often seen as a symbol of permanence and the divine order in the universe.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sleep.htm">Sleep</a></b><br>A metaphor for death, indicating a state of inactivity and unconsciousness until a future event or divine intervention.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_death.htm">The Reality of Death</a></b><br><a href="/job/14-12.htm">Job 14:12</a> reminds us of the inevitability of death. It is a universal experience that all humanity must face, emphasizing the need for spiritual preparedness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_hope_of_resurrection.htm">The Hope of Resurrection</a></b><br>While Job speaks from a place of despair, the broader biblical account offers hope through the promise of resurrection. Believers can find comfort in the assurance of eternal life through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_perspective.htm">The Importance of Perspective</a></b><br>Job's lament highlights the importance of maintaining a godly perspective in times of suffering. Trusting in God's ultimate plan can provide peace amidst life's uncertainties.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_with_eternity_in_mind.htm">Living with Eternity in Mind</a></b><br>This verse encourages believers to live with an eternal perspective, focusing on spiritual growth and readiness for the life to come.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_14_12_contradict_resurrection.htm">When Job 14:12 says the dead “do not rise,” does this contradict later scriptures affirming an immediate afterlife or resurrection? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_heaven_exist.htm">Does Heaven exist?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_machiavellianism.htm">What does 'To dust you shall return' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_14_1-2_conflict_with_promises.htm">Does Job 14:1-2's portrayal of life as short and full of trouble conflict with biblical passages that promise long life and blessings?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">So man lieth down, and riseth not</span>. This is not an absolute denial of a <span class="accented">final</span> resurrection, since Job is speaking of the world as it lies before him, not of eventualities. Just as he sees the land encroach upon the sea, and remain land, and the river-courses, once dried up, remain dry, so he sees men descend into the grave and remain there, without rising up again. This is the established order of nature as it exists before his eyes. <span class="cmt_word">Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake</span>. This order of things, Job believes, rightly enough, will continue as long as the heavens and the earth endure. What will happen afterwards he does not so much as inquire. It is remarked, ingeniously, that Job's words, though not intended in this sense, exactly "coincide with the declarations of the New Testament, which make the resurrection simultaneous with the breaking up of the visible universe" (Canon Cook). <span class="cmt_word">Nor be raised out of their sleep</span>. If "the glimmer of a hope" of the resurrection appears anywhere in vers. 10-12, it is in the comparison of death to a sleep, which is inseparably connected in our minds with an awakening. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/14-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">so man</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִ֥ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lies down</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁכַ֗ב</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ḵaḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7901.htm">Strong's 7901: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lie down</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and does not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְֽלֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">rise.</span><br /><span class="heb">יָ֫ק֥וּם</span> <span class="translit">(yā·qūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Until</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the heavens</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֭מַיִם</span> <span class="translit">(ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaven, sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are no more,</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּלְתִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bil·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1115.htm">Strong's 1115: </a> </span><span class="str2">A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he will not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be awakened</span><br /><span class="heb">יָקִ֑יצוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·qî·ṣū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6974.htm">Strong's 6974: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arise, be awake, watch </span><br /><br /><span class="word">[or]</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">roused</span><br /><span class="heb">יֵ֝עֹ֗רוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yê·‘ō·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5782.htm">Strong's 5782: </a> </span><span class="str2">To rouse oneself, awake</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from his sleep.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְּׁנָתָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(miš·šə·nā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8142.htm">Strong's 8142: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sleep</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/14-12.htm">Job 14:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/14-12.htm">Job 14:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/14-12.htm">Job 14:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/14-12.htm">Job 14:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/14-12.htm">Job 14:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/14-12.htm">Job 14:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/14-12.htm">Job 14:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/14-12.htm">Job 14:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/14-12.htm">Job 14:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/14-12.htm">Job 14:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/14-12.htm">OT Poetry: Job 14:12 So man lies down and doesn't rise (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/14-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 14:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 14:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/14-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 14:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 14:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>