Job 14:22
He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
BSB
ASV
But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.
KJV
But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
Ver. 22. But his flesh while he liveth shall have pain, and His soul shall mourn over himself. Concerning the married Paul saith, Nevertheless, such shall have trouble in the flesh. But they may 'have trouble in the flesh here,' who are even now leading spiritual lives.
But his flesh upon him shall have pain - The sum of the life of man is this, pain of body and distress of soul; and he is seldom without the one or the other, and often oppressed by both. Thus ends Job’s discourse on the miserable state and condition of man. The last verse of the preceding chapter has been differently translated and explained. Mr. Good’s version is the following, which he vindicates in a learned note: - For his flesh shall drop away from him; And his soul shall become a waste from him.
In the unseen world, Job in a gloomy frame anticipates, man shall be limited to the thought of his own misery. "Pain is by personification, from our feelings while alive, attributed to the flesh and soul, as if the man could feel in his body when dead. It is the dead in general, not the wicked, who are meant here."
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Job 19:26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
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Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as…
As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
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Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
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And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
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Job 19:20My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
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Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.