Parallel Verses

King James 2000

But man dies, and wastes away: yea, man expires, 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?

Amplified


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

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
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 it will bud, and bring forth branches like a plant. 10 But man dies, and wastes away: yea, man expires, and where is he? 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the river decays and dries up:

Cross References

Job 14:12

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

Genesis 49:33

And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and died, and was gathered unto his people.

Job 3:11

Why died I not from the womb? why did I not expire when I came out of the womb?

Job 7:7-10

O remember that my life is a breath: my eye shall no more see good.

Job 10:18

Why then have you brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had died, and no eye had seen me!

Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as one dying.

Job 17:13-16

If I wait, the grave is my house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

Job 19:26

And though after my skin is thus destroyed, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.

Matthew 27:50

Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up his spirit.

Luke 16:22-23

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

Acts 5:10

Then she fell down immediately at his feet, and died: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

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