Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
The Dead » Return not to this life
Just as a cloud dissipates and vanishes; those who die will not come back.
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On the other hand man dies and is laid low. He breathes his last and is no more!
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If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my change (release) to come.
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Select readings » The brevity of life
Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble. He springs up like a flower and fades away. He is like a fleeting shadow and does not endure. Do you look on such a person? Will you bring him before you for judgment? read more.
Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one! Man's days are determined. You have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed. So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired man. At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth growth like a plant. On the other hand man dies and is laid low. He breathes his last and is no more!
Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one! Man's days are determined. You have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed. So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired man. At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth growth like a plant. On the other hand man dies and is laid low. He breathes his last and is no more!