Job 14:12
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 14
“So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.”Job 14:12
What Does Job 14:12 Mean?
Job 14:12 is found in the book of Job, chapter 14, verse 12 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Death & Afterlife.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Job 14:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Job 10:21“Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;”Job 3:13“For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,”Ecclesiastes 3:19“For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.”Isaiah 26:19“Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.”2 Peter 3:10“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”Job 30:23“For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.”2 Peter 3:7“But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.”1 Kings 14:20“And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.”Job 7:21“And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.”Job 19:25“For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:”Psalms 102:26“They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:”Ecclesiastes 12:5“Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:”Isaiah 51:6“Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.”Isaiah 65:17“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.”Isaiah 66:22“For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.”Daniel 12:2“And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.”Matthew 24:35“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”Acts 3:21“Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.”Ephesians 5:14“Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”1 Thessalonians 4:14“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.”
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