Job Chapter 14 verse 10 Holy Bible
But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
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But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?
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But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
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But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
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But man dieth, and wasteth away: yes, man yieldeth his breath, and where is he?
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But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
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And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where `is' he?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 10. - But man dieth. "Man" is here גבר, "the brave, strong man," not אדם or אנושׁ, and the meaning is that man, however brave and' strong, perishes. And wasteth away; i.e. "comes to nought, remains no strength or vitality." Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? "Where is he?" Job could not answer this question. He might say, "In Sheol." But where was Sheol, and what was Sheol? There was no written revelation on this subject, and no traditional knowledge on which dependence could be placed. The Hebrew notions on the subject were very vague and indeterminate; Job's notions are likely to have been still vaguer. There is no reason to believe that he had any exact acquaintance with the tenets of the Egyptians. He may have known the Chaldean teaching, but it would not have carried him very far(see above, pp. 178, 179). Doubt and perplexity beset him whenever he turned his attention to the problem of man's condition after death, and, excepting when carried away by a burst of enthusiasm, he seems to have regarded it as the highest wisdom, in matters of this kind, "to knew that he knew nothing." The question, "Where is he?" is an acknowledgment of this profound ignorance.
