The Meaning of Job 14:12 Explained

Job 14:12

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

YLT: And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.

Darby: 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.

ASV: So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

Discover Job 14:12

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 14:12?

MEANING: What does Job 14:12 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 14:12 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 14:12?

What is the context of Job 14:12?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

What does Job 14:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 14:1-22 - Shall Man Live Again?

Continuing his appeal, Job looks from his own case to the condition of mankind generally, Job 14:1-6. All men are frail and full of trouble, Job 14:12; why should God bring a creature so weak into judgment with Him? Job 14:3. The sinfulness of man is universal-not one can be proved clean before God, Job 14:4. Since man is so frail Job pleads that he may not have such unwonted affliction, but may get some pleasure, Job 14:6, r.v., out of his brief day.

The anticipation of death as total extinction strengthens Job's appeal, Job 14:7-12. Of a tree there is hope that, if cut down, it will sprout again, Job 14:7-9. But at present Job sees no such hope for man. He dies, and is done with, as waters "fail from the sea," Job 14:10-12. This is a gloomy, despairing thought, and one against which the mind rebels as soon as uttered. Against the belief that death is the end of all things every man's better nature revolts. Hence the picture of another life beyond the present immediately rises to Job, Job 14:13-15. It may be only a yearning desire, for Job still asks the question, Job 14:14. Yet this desire, as that for a Daysman, Job 9:32-34, both suggested by the heart's despair, is equally answered by the gospel.

The hope for a future life is made stronger by the apparent injustices that exist now, Job 14:16-22. God's treatment of Job appears to be so severe that Job must perish under His hand, Job 14:18-22. A future life is surely necessary to remedy the inequalities of the present. Evidently this is not the place and time of judgment. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 14

¹ Job entreats God for favor, by the shortness of life, and certainty of death
⁷ He waits for his change
¹⁶ By sin the creature is subject to corruption

What do the individual words in Job 14:12 mean?

so man lies down and not does rise Till no more the heavens [are] not they will awake nor be roused from their sleep

וְאִ֥ישׁ שָׁכַ֗ב וְֽלֹא־ יָ֫ק֥וּם עַד־ בִּלְתִּ֣י שָׁ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יָקִ֑יצוּ וְלֹֽא־ יֵ֝עֹ֗רוּ מִשְּׁנָתָֽם

וְאִ֥ישׁ	so man
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man.
שָׁכַ֗ב	lies down
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁכַב Sense: to lie down.
וְֽלֹא־	and not
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
יָ֫ק֥וּם	does rise
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: קוּם Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
עַד־	Till
Parse: Preposition Root: עַד Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
בִּלְתִּ֣י	no more
Parse: Preposition Root: בִּלְתִּי Sense: not, except adv.
שָׁ֭מַיִם	the heavens [are]
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: שָׁמַיִם Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
יָקִ֑יצוּ	they will awake
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: קוּץ Sense: to awake, wake up.
וְלֹֽא־	nor
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
יֵ֝עֹ֗רוּ	be roused
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: עוּר Sense: to rouse oneself, awake, awaken, incite.
מִשְּׁנָתָֽם	from their sleep
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural Root: שֵׁנָא Sense: sleep.

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