Job 14:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² so mortals lie down and do not rise again; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake or be roused out of their sleep.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² So man lieth down, and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be raised out of their sleep.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² So man lies down and does not rise [to his former state]. Till the heavens are no more, men will not awake nor be raised [physically] out of their sleep.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

Common English Bible

¹² But a human lies down and doesn’t rise until the heavens cease; they don’t get up and awaken from sleep.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² just so, when a man is fallen asleep, he will not rise again, until the heavens are worn away; he will not awaken, nor rise from his sleep.

Job 14:12 Cross References

Revelation 21:1

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

Job 3:13

Now I would be lying down and quiet; I would be asleep; then I would be at rest

Revelation 20:11

Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sat on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.

2 Peter 3:7

But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the godless.

Ephesians 5:14

for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Acts 3:21

who must remain in heaven until the time of universal restoration that God announced long ago through his holy prophets.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Isaiah 65:17

For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind.

Isaiah 51:6

Lift up your eyes to the heavens and look at the earth beneath, for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and those who live on it will die like gnats, but my salvation will be forever, and my deliverance will never be ended.

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead shall live; their corpses shall rise. Those who dwell in the dust will awake and shout for joy! For your dew is a radiant dew, and the earth will give birth to those long dead.

Job 30:23

I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all living.

Romans 8:20

for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Isaiah 66:22

For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, says the Lord, so shall your descendants and your name remain.

Ecclesiastes 12:5

when one is afraid of heights, and terrors are in the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper bud falls; because all must go to their eternal home, and the mourners will go about the streets;

Psalm 102:26

They will perish, but you endure; they will all wear out like a garment. You change them like clothing, and they pass away,

Job 7:21

Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie in the earth; you will seek me, but I shall not be.”

Psalm 90:5

You sweep them away; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning;

Job 7:9

As the cloud fades and vanishes, so those who go down to Sheol do not come up;

Ecclesiastes 11:8

Even those who live many years should rejoice in them all, yet let them remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.