Now I would certainly be lying down in peace; I would be asleep. Then I would be at rest
Job 14:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised so people lie down never to rise again. They will not wake up until the heavens are no more; they will not stir from their sleep. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So man when he is fallen asleep shall not rise again; till the heavens be broken, he shall not awake, nor rise up out of his sleep. |
Now I would certainly be lying down in peace; I would be asleep. Then I would be at rest
Yes, I know that you will lead me to death – the place appointed for all who live.
Why not forgive my sin and pardon my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the grave. You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.
As a cloud fades away and vanishes, so the one who goes down to Sheol will never rise again.
Indeed, if someone lives for many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness, since they will be many. All that comes is futile.
Also, they are afraid of heights and dangers on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caperberry has no effect; for the mere mortal is headed to his eternal home, and mourners will walk around in the street;
Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For you will be covered with the morning dew, and the earth will bring out the departed spirits.
Look up 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 its inhabitants will die like gnats. , But my salvation will last for ever, and my righteousness will never be shattered.
‘For I will create new heavens and a new earth; the past events will not be remembered or come to mind.
‘For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will remain before me’ – this is the Lord’s declaration – ‘so your offspring and your name will remain.
Many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to eternal life, and some to disgrace and eternal contempt.
Heaven must receive him until the time of the restoration of all things, which God spoke about through his holy prophets from the beginning.
For the creation was subjected to futility #– #not willingly, but because of him who subjected it #– #in the hope
for what makes everything visible is light. Therefore it is said: Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
By the same word, the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, being kept for the day of judgement and destruction of the ungodly.
Then I saw a great white throne and one seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.
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.