The Meaning of Job 34:15 Explained

Job 34:15

KJV: All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

YLT: Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.

Darby: All flesh would expire together, and man would return to the dust.

ASV: All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust.

Discover Job 34:15

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 34:15?

MEANING: What does Job 34:15 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 34:15 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 34:15?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

All flesh  shall perish  together,  and man  shall turn again  unto dust. 

What does Job 34:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 34:1-37 - The Almighty Must Be Just
Elihu stands in Job 34:10 as God's apologist. God's absolute and impartial justice is at all times a matter of untold comfort. There will be no cause of ultimate complaint, but from the lips of the holiest beings in the universe, most able to pass an opinion, the cry will ascend, "Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God the Almighty. Righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages"¦. Thy righteous acts have been made manifest," Revelation 15:3-4, r.v.
Ponder those last words. God's righteous acts have not yet been made manifest; it is therefore foolish and wrong to pass judgment upon an unfinished program. Wait, mortal man, until, at the great white throne, God shall unfold His inner reasons. If it is not fit to say to a king, "Thou art vile," how much less to Him who lives through the ages, while the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand! [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 34

1  Elihu accuses Job for charging God with injustice
10  God omnipotent cannot be unjust
31  Man must humble himself unto God
34  Elihu reproves Job

What do the individual words in Job 34:15 mean?

Would perish all flesh together and man to dust would return
יִגְוַ֣ע כָּל־ בָּשָׂ֣ר יָ֑חַד וְ֝אָדָ֗ם עַל־ עָפָ֥ר יָשֽׁוּב

יִגְוַ֣ע  Would  perish 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּוַע  
Sense: to expire, die, perish, give up the ghost, yield up the ghost, be dead, be ready to die.
בָּשָׂ֣ר  flesh 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
יָ֑חַד  together 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יַחַד 
Sense: union, unitedness adv.
וְ֝אָדָ֗ם  and  man 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
עָפָ֥ר  dust 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עָפָר  
Sense: dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish.
יָשֽׁוּב  would  return 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.

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