KJV King James Version
If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
WEB World English Bible
If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, until my release should come.
ASV American Standard Version
If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
If a man dieth—doth he revive? All days of my warfare I wait, till my change come.
Surrounding context — Job 14
11 [As] the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
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.
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!
14 If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
17 My transgression [is] sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
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1 Corinthians 15:51-52Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,Acts 26:8Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?Job 7:1[Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of an hireling?Psalm 27:14Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.Revelation 20:13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.John 5:28-29Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,Job 13:15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.Job 14:5Seeing his days [are] determined, the number of his months [are] with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;Philippians 3:21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.Matthew 22:29-32Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.1 Corinthians 15:42-44So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:Lamentations 3:25-26The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.Ezekiel 37:1-14The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which [was] full of bones,Job 42:16After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, [even] four generations.Psalm 40:1-2To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.James 5:7-8Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.Job 19:25-26For I know [that] my redeemer liveth, and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth:1 Thessalonians 4:14-16For 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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