If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, till my release should come.
Job 14:20 - Revised Standard Version Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passes; thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You prevail forever against him, and he passes on; You change his appearance [in death] and send him away [from the presence of the living]. American Standard Version (1901) Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. Common English Bible You overpower them relentlessly, and they die; you change their appearance and send them away. Catholic Public Domain Version You have strengthened him for a little while, so that he may cross over into eternity. You will change his face and send him forth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou hast strengthened him for a little while, that he may pass away for ever: thou shalt change his face, and shalt send him away. |
If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, till my release should come.
And when they saw him from afar, they did not recognize him; and they raised their voices and wept; and they rent their robes and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
he will perish for ever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
For then I should have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then I should have been at rest,
Between morning and evening they are destroyed; they perish for ever without any regarding it.
No man has power to retain the spirit, or authority over the day of death; there is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.
Now their visage is blacker than soot, they are not recognized in the streets; their skin has shriveled upon their bones, it has become as dry as wood.