Job 14:12 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 14:7-15

We have seen what Job has to say concerning life; let us now see what he has to say concerning death, which his thoughts were very much conversant with, now that he was sick and sore. It is not unseasonable, when we are in health, to think of dying; but it is an inexcusable incogitancy if, when we are already taken into the custody of death's messengers, we look upon it as a thing at a distance. Job had already shown that death will come, and that its hour is already fixed. Now here he shows,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 14:12

So man lieth down ,.... Or "and", or "but man lieth down" F2 ואיש "et vir", Pagninus, Montanus, Beza, Schmidt; "at vir", Cocceius. ; in the grave when he dies, as on a bed, and takes his rest from all his labours, toil and troubles, and lies asleep, and continues so till the resurrection morn: and riseth not ; from off his bed, or comes not out of his grave into this world, to the place where he was, and to be engaged in the affairs of life he was before, and never by his own... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 14:12

So man lieth down - He falls asleep in his bed of earth. And riseth not - Men shall not, like cut down trees and plants, reproduce their like; nor shall they arise till the heavens are no more, till the earth and all its works are burnt up, and the general resurrection of human beings shall take place. Surely it would be difficult to twist this passage to the denial of the resurrection of the body. Neither can these expressions be fairly understood as implying Job's belief in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:1-12

1. Self-defence before God: 2. Plaint of the weakness and vanity of mankind. Job's troubles are typical of the common doom of mankind—the "subjection, to vanity." And again (comp. Job 3:7 ; Job 7:1-5 ) he bursts forth into lamentation over the universal doom of sorrow. I. HIS NATURAL WEAKNESS . (Verses 1-2.) His origin is in frailty; he is "born of woman." His course is brief, and full of unrest. He sees himself mirrored in all natural things that fleet and pass: II. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:1-22

This chapter, in which Job concludes the fourth of his addresses, is characterized by a tone of mild and gentle expostulation, which contrasts with the comparative vehemence and passion of the two preceding chapters. It would seem that the patriarch, having vented his feelings, experiences a certain relief, an interval of calm, in which, his own woes pressing less heavily upon him, he is content to moralize on the general condition of humanity. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:7-14

Is there a life beyond the grave? We have here one of the dim Old Testament speculations on the life beyond, that stand out in startling contrast to the prevalent obscurity and apparent indifference of ancient Hebrew thought in regard to the great future. This serves as a good starting-point from which to approach the more full Christian light on the resurrection. I. THE CRAVING FOR IMMORTALITY IS INSTINCTIVE . The craving may be hidden by more pressing desires of the moment;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:7-15

Job to God: 3. A glimpse into the life beyond. I. " IF A MAN DIE , SHALL HE LIVE AGAIN ?" No! 1 . The voice of nature is against it. "For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again," etc. (verses 7-9). But nothing like this occurs in the case of man, of whom rather the cheerless proverb holds that, as the tree falls, so shall it lie ( Ecclesiastes 11:3 ). Hewn down by the axe of death, or laid prostrate by age beneath the sod, there is in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:12

So man lieth down, and riseth not . This is not an absolute denial of a final resurrection, since Job is speaking of the world as it lies before him, not of eventualities. Just as he sees the land encroach upon the sea, and remain land, and the river-courses, once dried up, remain dry, so he sees men descend into the grave and remain there, without rising up again. This is the established order of nature as it exists before his eyes. Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake .... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 14:12

So man lieth down, and riseth not - He lies down in the grave and does not rise again on the earth.Till the heavens be no more - That is, never; for such is the fair interpretation of the passage, and this accords with its design. Job means to say, undoubtedly, that man would never appear again in the land of the living; that he would not spring up from the grave, as a sprout does from a fallen tree; and that when he dies, he goes away from the earth never to return. Whether he believed in a... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 14:12

Job 14:12. So man lieth down In his bed the grave, sleeping the sleep of death. And riseth not till the heavens be no more That is, until the time of the general resurrection and restitution of all things, when these visible heavens shall pass away, and be no more, at least in the same form in which they are now. This whole paragraph is interpreted in a somewhat different way by a late writer. “After a tree is cut down, we see, nevertheless, the old stock flourish again, and send forth... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 14:7-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 14:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 14:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:7-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:7-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 14:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 14:12

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