A moment in scripture
Job 14:12
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So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
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The surrounding passage
- Job 14:10
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
- Job 14:11
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
- Job 14:13
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
- Job 14:14
If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.