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Job 14:10

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

KJV

Homo vero cum mortuus fuerit, et nudatus, atque consumptus, ubi, quæso, est ?

Vulgate

ἀνὴρ δὲ τελευτήσας ᾤχετο, πεσὼν δὲ βροτὸς οὐκέτι ἐστίν.

LXX

But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

ASV

וְ/גֶ֣בֶר יָ֭מוּת וַֽ/יֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ וַ/יִּגְוַ֖ע אָדָ֣ם וְ/אַיּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַיֵּ֖ה
'yh
pronoun · 47×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
גֶ֣בֶר
gbr
noun · 65×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
יִּגְוַ֨ע
ygv'
verb · 22×
יַּחֲלֹ֧שׁ
ychlsh
verb · 3×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:43 — It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
  • Eccl 3:19 — For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a
  • Eccl 11:8 — But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
  • Gen 49:33 — And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
  • Job 3:13 — For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
  • Job 7:7 — O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
  • Job 7:9 — As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
  • Job 10:21 — Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
  • Job 16:22 — When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
  • Job 19:26 — And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
  • Job 20:7 — Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
  • Prov 14:32 — The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
  • Ps 37:10 — For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
  • Ps 39:13 — O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
  • Ps 90:10 — The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
  • Ps 103:16 — For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
  • Ps 146:4 — His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
  • Zech 1:5 — Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?