Job 30:23

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Summary

Job 30:23

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

The house

General references

Genesis 23:19

Job 34:15

Bible References

The house

Since man’s days are determined
and the number of his months depends on You,
and since You have set limits he cannot pass,

The dirt on his grave is sweet to him.
Everyone follows behind him,
and those who go before him are without number.

You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”

We will certainly die and be like water poured out on the ground, which can’t be recovered. But God would not take away a life; He would devise plans so that the one banished from Him does not remain banished.

No one has authority over the wind to restrain it, and there is no authority over the day of death; there is no furlough in battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practice it to escape.

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no longer a reward for them because the memory of them is forgotten.

Also, they are afraid of heights and dangers on the road;
the almond tree blossoms,
the grasshopper loses its spring,
and the caper berry has no effect;
for man is headed to his eternal home,
and mourners will walk around in the street;

And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment—

General references

After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

every living thing would perish together
and mankind would return to the dust.