Job 34:15
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
Job 34:15 in other translations
| BSB | all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust. |
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| WEB | all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust. |
| ASV | All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust. |
| YLT | Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth. |
| DARBY | All flesh would expire together, and man would return to the dust. |
| BBE | All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust. |
| Webster | All flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust. |
What does Job 34:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 34:14-15
14-15. "If He were to set His heart on man," either to injure him, or to take strict account of his sins. The connection supports rather [Umbreit], "If He had regard to himself (only), and were to gather unto Himself (Psa 104:29) man's spirit, &c. (which he sends forth, Psa 104:30; Ec 12:7), all flesh must perish together," &c. (Ge 3:19). God's loving preservation of His creatures proves He cannot be selfish, and…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 34:10-15
Elihu had showed Job, that God meant him no hurt by afflicting him, but intended his spiritual benefit. Here he shows, that God did him no wrong by afflicting him. If the former did not satisfy him, this ought to silence him. God cannot do wickedness, nor the Almighty commit wrong. If services now go unrewarded, and sins now go unpunished, yet there is a day coming, when God will fully render to every man according…
Job 34:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 34:15
- Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
- Isaiah 57:16
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
- Psalms 90:3-10
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. …
- Job 30:23
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
- Isaiah 27:4
Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
- Job 10:9
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
- Job 9:22
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
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Context
- Job 34:14
If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
- Job 34:15
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
- Job 34:16
If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Job 34:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Toda carne perecería juntamente, y el hombre se tornaría en polvo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Toute chair expirerait ensemble et l’homme retournerait à la poussière. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | so würde alles Fleisch insgesamt verscheiden, und der Mensch zum Staube zurückkehren. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Deficiet omnis caro simul, et homo in cinerem revertetur. |