A moment in scripture
Job 14:10
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But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
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The surrounding passage
- Job 14:8
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
- Job 14:9
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
- Job 14:11
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
- Job 14:12
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.