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Job 14:12

So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

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וְאִ֥ישׁveishand a certainאִישׁconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…שָׁכַ֗בshakhavlieשָׁכַבverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “lie”, a completed actionH7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)[idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.וְֽלֹאveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יָ֫ק֥וּםyaqumriseקוּםverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “rise”, an unfinished actionH6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (u…עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.בִּלְתִּ֣יbiltibecause unבִּלְתִּיconjunction — “because un”H1115properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.because un(satiable), beside, but, [phrase] continual, except, from, lest, neither, no more, none, not, nothing, save, that no, without.שָׁ֭מַיִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יָקִ֑יצוּyaqitsvariseקוּץverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “arise”, an unfinished actionH6974to awake (literally or figuratively)arise, (be) (a-) wake, watch.וְלֹֽאveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יֵ֝עֹ֗רוּyeorvwakeעוּרverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “wake”, an unfinished actionH5782to wake (literally or figuratively)(a-) wake(-n, up), lift up (self), [idiom] master, raise (up), stir up (self).מִשְּׁנָתָֽםmishnatamfrom sleepשֵׁנָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “from sleep”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8142sleepsleep.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

So man lieth down and riseth not; till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

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American Standard Version (1901)

So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

Young’s Literal Translation

And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.

World English Bible

so man lies down and doesn’t rise. Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

Darby Translation

So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.

Douay-Rheims

So man when he is fallen asleep shall not rise again; till the heavens be broken, he shall not awake, nor rise up out of his sleep.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

So man lieth down and riseth not; till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And man that has lain down in death shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from their sleep.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἄνθρωπος δὲ κοιμηθεὶς οὐ μὴν ἀναστῇ ἕως ἂν ὁ οὐρανὸς οὐ μὴ συῤῥαφῇ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξυπνισθήσονται ἐξ ὕπνου αὐτῶν.