Parallel Verses

Amplified


“But [the brave, strong] man must die and lie face down;
Man breathes his last, and where is he?

New American Standard Bible

“But man dies and lies prostrate.
Man expires, and where is he?

King James Version

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

Holman Bible

But a man dies and fades away;
he breathes his last—where is he?

International Standard Version

"But when a person dies and wastes away, when a person breathes his last, where will he be?

A Conservative Version

But man dies, and is laid low. Yea, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

American Standard Version

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

Bible in Basic English

But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?

Darby Translation

But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?

Julia Smith Translation

And man will die and be weak: and man will expire, and where is he?

King James 2000

But man dies, and wastes away: yea, man expires, and where is he?

Lexham Expanded Bible

"But a man dies, and he dwindles away; thus a human being passes away, and where is he?

Modern King James verseion

But man dies and is cut off; and man expires, and where is he?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But as for man; when he is dead, perished and consumed away, what becometh of him?

NET Bible

But man dies and is powerless; he expires -- and where is he?

New Heart English Bible

But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

The Emphasized Bible

Yet, man, dieth, and is prostrate, Yea the son of earth doth cease to breathe, and where is he?

Webster

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yes, man yieldeth his breath, and where is he?

World English Bible

But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

Youngs Literal Translation

And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where is he?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But man
גּבר 
Geber 
Usage: 65

מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

חלשׁ 
Chalash 
Usage: 4

yea, man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

giveth up the ghost
גּוע 
Gava` 
die, give up the ghost, dead, perish, dead
Usage: 24

References

American

Job

Hastings

Job

Morish

Context Readings

Job Continues To Argue His Case With God

9
Yet at the scent of water [the stump of the tree] will flourish
And bring forth sprigs and shoots like a seedling.
10 
“But [the brave, strong] man must die and lie face down;
Man breathes his last, and where is he?
11
“As water evaporates from the sea,
And a river drains and dries up,



Cross References

Job 14:12


So man lies down and does not rise [again].
Until the heavens are no longer,
The dead will not awake nor be raised from their sleep.

Genesis 49:33

When Jacob (Israel) had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death].

Job 3:11


“Why did I not die at birth,
Come forth from the womb and expire?

Job 7:7-10


“Remember that my life is but breath [a puff of wind, a sigh];
My eye will not see good again.

Job 10:18


‘Why then did You bring me out of the womb?
Would that I had perished and no eye had seen me!

Job 11:20


“But the eyes of the wicked will fail,
And they will not escape [the justice of God];
And their hope is to breathe their last [and die].”

Job 17:13-16


“But if I look to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) as my home,
If I make my bed in the darkness,

Job 19:26


“Even after my [mortal] skin is destroyed [by death],
Yet from my [immortal] flesh I will see God,

Proverbs 14:32


The wicked is overthrown through his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has hope and confidence and a refuge [with God] even in death.

Matthew 27:50

And Jesus cried out again with a loud [agonized] voice, and gave up His spirit [voluntarily, sovereignly dismissing and releasing His spirit from His body in submission to His Father’s plan].

Luke 16:22-23

Now it happened that the poor man died and his spirit was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom (paradise); and the rich man also died and was buried.

Acts 5:10

And at once she fell down at his feet and died; and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

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