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14:1 “Man <0120>, born <03205> of woman <0802>, lives but a few <07116> days <03117>, and they are full <07646> of trouble <07267>. 14:2 He grows up <03318> like a flower <06731> and then withers away <05243>; he flees <01272> like a shadow <06738>, and does not <03808> remain <05975>. 14:3 Do you fix <06491> your eye <05869> on <05921> such a one <02088>? And do you bring <0935> me before you for <05973> judgment <04941>? 14:4 Who <04310> can make <05414> a clean <02889> thing come from an unclean <02931>? No <03808> one <0259>! 14:5 Since <0518> man’s days <03117> are determined <02782>, the number <04557> of his months <02320> is under your control <0854>; you have set <06213> his limit <02706> and he cannot <03808> pass <05674> it. 14:6 Look away <08159> from <05921> him and let him desist <02308>, until <05704> he fulfills <07521> his time <03117> like a hired man <07916>. 14:7 “But there is <03426> hope <08615> for a tree <06086>: If <0518> it is cut down <03772>, it will sprout <02498> again <05750>, and its new shoots <03127> will not <03808> fail <02308>. 14:8 Although <0518> its roots <08328> may grow old <02204> in the ground <0776> and its stump <01503> begins to die <04191> in the soil <06083>, 14:9 at the scent <07381> of water <04325> it will flourish <06524> and put forth <06213> shoots <07105> like <03644> a new plant <05194>. 14:10 But man <01397> dies <04191> and is powerless <02522>; he <0120> expires <01478>– and where <0346> is he? 14:11 As water <04325> disappears <0235> from <04480> the sea <03220>, or a river <05104> drains away <02717> and dries up <03001>, 14:12 so man <0376> lies down <07901> and does not <03808> rise <06965>; until <05704> the heavens <08064> are no more <01115>, they will not <03808> awake <06974> nor <03808> arise <05782> from their sleep <08142>. 14:13 “O <05414> <04310> that you would hide <05641> me in Sheol <07585>, and conceal <06845> me till <05704> your anger <0639> has passed <07725>! O that you would set <07896> me a time <02706> and then remember <02142> me! 14:14 If <0518> a man <01397> dies <04191>, will he live <02421> again? All <03605> the days <03117> of my hard service <06635> I will wait <03176> until <05704> my release <02487> comes <0935>. 14:15 You will call <07121> and I <0595>– I will answer <06030> you; you will long for <03700> the creature <04639> you have made <03027>.

• Job 14:1-6 -- The Brevity of Life
• Job 14:7-12 -- The Inevitability of Death
• Job 14:13-15 -- The Possibility of Another Life

• Death

  [isbe] DEATH - (maweth; thanatos): PHYSIOLOGICAL AND FIGURATIVE VIEW The word "Death" is used in the sense of (1) the process of dying (Gen 21:16); (2) the period of decease (Gen 27:7); (3) as a possible synonym for poison (2 Ki 4:...
  [nave] DEATH. Called in some versions &ld;Giving Up the Ghost,&rd; Gen. 25:8; 35:29; Lam. 1:19; Acts 5:10. King of Terrors Job 18:14. A Change Job 14:14. Going to your Fathers Gen. 15:15; 25:8; 35:29. Putting Off This Tabe...
  

• Job

  [nave] JOB 1. A man who dwelt in Uz, Job 1:1. Righteousness of, Job 1:1, 5, 8; 2:3; Ezek. 14:14, 20. Riches of, Job 1:3. Trial of, by affliction of Satan, Job 1:13-19; 2:7-10. Fortitude of, Job 1:20-22; 2:10; Jas. 5:11. Visite...
  

• Readings, Select

  [nave] READINGS, SELECT. Judah's Defense Gen. 44:18-34 Joseph Revealing His Identity Gen. 45:1-15 The Deliverance of the Israelites from Pharaoh Ex. 14:5-30 Song of Moses When Pharaoh and His Army Were Overthrown Ex. 15:1-1...
  

• Resurrection

  [isbe] RESURRECTION - rez-u-rek'-shun (in the New Testament anastasis, with verbs anistemi, "stand up," and egeiro, "raise." There is no technical term in the Old Testament, but in Isa 26:19 are found the verbs chayah, "live," kum ...
  [nave] RESURRECTION. Job 14:12-15; Job 19:25-27; Psa. 16:9, 10; Psa. 17:15; Psa. 49:15; Isa. 25:8; Isa. 26:19; Ezek. 37:1-14; Dan. 12:2, 3, 13; Hos. 13:14; Matt. 22:23-32 Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-37. Matt. 24:31; Matt. 25:1-13; M...
  

• JOB, BOOK OF

  [isbe] JOB, BOOK OF - || I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Place in the Canon 2. Rank and Readers II. THE LITERARY FRAMEWORK 1. Setting of Time, Place and Scene 2. Characters and Personality 3. Form and Style III. THE COURSE OF THE STORY A) To Jo...
  

• Dead

  [nave] DEAD Raised to life, instances of: Son of the widow of Zarephath, 1 Kin. 17:17-23; Shunammite's son, 2 Kin. 4:32-37; young man laid in Elisha's sepulchre, 2 Kin. 13:21; widow's son, Luke 7:12-15; Jairus' daughter, Luke 8:49-...
  

• SHEOL

  [isbe] SHEOL - she'-ol (she'ol): 1. The Name 2. The Abode of the Dead (1) Not a State of Unconsciousness (2) Not Removed from God's Jurisdiction (3) Relation to Immortality 3. Post-canonical Period 1. The Name: This word is often t...
  

• Hell

  [smith] In the Old Testament this is the word generally and unfortunately used by our translators to render the Hebrew Sheol . It really means the place of the dead, the unseen world, without deciding whether it be the place of miser...
  [nave] HELL The word used in the King James Version of the O.T. to translate the Hebrew word sheol, signifying the unseen state, in Deut. 32:22; 2 Sam. 22:6; Job 11:8; 26:6; Psa. 9:17; 16:10; 18:5; 55:15; 86:13; 116:3; 139:8; Prov....
  

• Employee

  [nave] EMPLOYEE. Lev. 19:13; Lev. 25:6; Deut. 15:18; Deut. 24:14, 15; Matt. 10:10; Luke 10:7; Rom. 4:4; 1 Tim. 5:18 Character of Unrighteous Job 7:1-3; Job 14:1, 6; Matt. 20:1-15; Matt. 21:33-41; John 10:12, 13 Kindness to Rut...
  

• Life

  [nave] LIFE. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-topics; Brevity and Uncertainty of; Everlasting; From God; Long; Spiritual. Miscellany of Minor Sub-topics Breath of, Gen. 2:7. Called Spirit of God, Job 27:3. Tree of,...
  

• BRANCH ;BOUGH

  [isbe] BRANCH ;BOUGH - bransh: Represented by very many words in the Hebrew. (1) zemorah used especially of a vine branch. The spies "cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes" (Nu 13:23). See also Ezek 15:2; Nah 2:2...
  

• Afflictions and Adversities

  [nave] AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Benefits of; Benefits of, Illustrated; Consolation in; Deliverance from; Design of; Despondency in; Dispe...
  

• FLOWERS

  [ebd] Very few species of flowers are mentioned in the Bible although they abounded in Palestine. It has been calculated that in Western Syria and Palestine from two thousand to two thousand five hundred plants are found, of which...
  [isbe] FLOWERS - flou'-erz (BLOOM, BLOSSOM, etc.): (1) gibh`ol, literally, "a small cup," hence, calyx or corolla of a flower (Ex 9:31, "The flax was in bloom"). (2) nets (Gen 40:10, nitstsah, "a flower" or "blossom"; Job 15:33; Is...
  

• Depravity of Mankind

  [nave] DEPRAVITY OF MANKIND Gen. 6:5-8, 11-13; Gen. 8:21; Deut. 32:10; Job 4:17-19; Job 9:2, 3, 20, 29-31; Job 11:12; Job 14:4; Job 15:14-16; Job 25:4-6; Psa. 5:9; Psa. 14:1-3 Psa. 53:1-3. Psa. 51:5; Psa. 58:1-5; Psa. 94:11; Psa. 1...
  

• Immortality

  [nave] IMMORTALITY. Gen. 5:24; 2 Sam. 12:23; 2 Kin. 2:11; Neh. 9:5; Job 4:17-21; Job 14:13; Psa. 16:10, 11; Psa. 21:4; Psa. 22:26; Psa. 23:6; Psa. 31:5; Psa. 36:9; Psa. 37:18, 27; Psa. 49:7-9; Psa. 49:14, 15; Psa. 73:26; Psa. 86:1...
  

• Sin

  [nave] SIN. Index of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to, Defining, and Illustrating; Confession of; Consequences of, Entailed Upon Children; Conviction of; Forgiveness of; Fruits of; Kn...
  

• Sleep

  [nave] SLEEP From God, Psa. 127:2. Of the sluggard, Prov. 6:9, 10. Of Jesus, Matt. 8:24; Mark 4:38; Luke 8:23. A symbol of death, Job 14:12; Matt. 9:24; Mark 5:39; Luke 8:52; John 11:11, 12; 1 Thess. 4:14. See: Death.
  

• Servant

  [nave] SERVANT Distinguished as bond servant, who was a slave, and hired servant. Bond Laws of Moses concerning, Ex. 21:1-11, 20, 21, 26, 27, 32; Lev. 19:20-22; 25:6, 10, 35-55; Deut. 15:12, 14, 18; 24:7. Kidnapping forbidden, D...
  

• Wicked

  [nave] WICKED Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; br...
  

• Heaven

  [nave] HEAVEN. God's Dwelling Place Deut. 26:15 Zech. 2:13; Isa. 63:15. 1 Kin. 8:30 vs. 39,43,49;; 2 Chr. 6:18, 21, 27, 30, 33, 35, 39; Jer. 23:24. 1 Chr. 16:31; 1 Chr. 21:26 2 Chr. 7:14; Neh. 9:27. 2 Chr. 2:6; 2 Chr. 30:27; Job ...
  

• You Have Set Limits for Man

  

• Is Suicide Wrong?
  Life is a precious gift from God and should be so valued. Pain and suffering are to be regarded as discipline. There is no Scriptural authority to justify the view that we have a right to shorten or terminate our existence. S...
• Does the Bible speak more about Hell than Heaven?
  I've heard and read the same statement a number of times, but have never troubled myself to look up each passage. I'm not surprised that looking up "heaven" and "hell" in a concordance would give you contradictory results. T...

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