Parallel Verses
NET Bible
so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.
New American Standard Bible
Until the heavens are no longer,
King James Version
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Holman Bible
They will not wake up until the heavens are no more;
they will not stir from their sleep.
International Standard Version
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."
A Conservative Version
so man lays down and does not rise. Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.
American Standard Version
So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
Amplified
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.
Bible in Basic English
So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.
Darby Translation
So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.
Julia Smith Translation
And man lay down and he will not rise: till the heavens be no more they shall not awake and rise from their sleep.
King James 2000
So man lies down, and rises not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{so} a man lies down, and he does not arise. {Until the heavens are no more}, they will not awaken, and they will not be roused out of their sleep.
Modern King James verseion
so man lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be awakened out of their sleep.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
but when man sleepeth, he riseth not again, until the heaven perish: he shall not wake up nor rise out of his sleep.
New Heart English Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
So, a man, hath lain down, and shall not arise, until there are no heavens, they shall not awake, nor be roused up out of their sleep.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 14:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Continues To Argue His Case With God
11 As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains away and dries up, 12 so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep. 13 "O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!
Cross References
Job 3:13
For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace
Acts 3:21
This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.
Revelation 20:11
Then I saw a large white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.
Revelation 21:1
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist, and the sea existed no more.
Job 7:21
And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone."
Job 10:21-22
before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,
Job 19:25-27
As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth.
Job 30:23
I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.
Psalm 102:26
They will perish, but you will endure. They will wear out like a garment; like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear.
Ecclesiastes 3:19-21
For the fate of humans and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath. There is no advantage for humans over animals, for both are fleeting.
Ecclesiastes 12:5
and they are afraid of heights and the dangers in the street; the almond blossoms grow white, and the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper berry shrivels up -- because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets --
Isaiah 26:19
Your dead will come back to life; your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits.
Isaiah 51:6
Look up at the sky! Look at the earth below! For the sky will dissipate like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give is permanent; the vindication I provide will not disappear.
Isaiah 65:17
For look, I am ready to create new heavens and a new earth! The former ones will not be remembered; no one will think about them anymore.
Isaiah 66:22
"For just as the new heavens and the new earth I am about to make will remain standing before me," says the Lord, "so your descendants and your name will remain.
Daniel 12:2
Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake -- some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
John 11:11-13
After he said this, he added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him."
Romans 8:20
For the creation was subjected to futility -- not willingly but because of God who subjected it -- in hope
Ephesians 5:14
For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: "Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!"
1 Thessalonians 4:14-15
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians.
2 Peter 3:7
But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
2 Peter 3:10-13
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.