King James Version
Job 14:12 in the King James Version says “So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.” — study this verse from Job chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.”
Job 14:12 · KJV
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? wasteth: Heb. is weakened, or, cut off
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“So man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“lieth down”
H7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and riseth”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“be no more”
H1115properly, a failure of, i.e., (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because n
“not till the heavens”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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