Job 14:12
Modern Translations
New International Version
so he lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.

New Living Translation
people are laid to rest and do not rise again. Until the heavens are no more, they will not wake up nor be roused from their sleep.

English Standard Version
so a man lies down and rises not again; till the heavens are no more he will not awake or be roused out of his sleep.

Berean Study Bible
so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.

New American Standard Bible
So a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens no longer exist, He will not awake nor be woken from his sleep.

NASB 1995
So man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no longer, He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.

NASB 1977
So man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens be no more, He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.

Amplified Bible
So man lies down and does not rise [again]. Until the heavens are no longer, The dead will not awake nor be raised from their sleep.

Christian Standard Bible
so people lie down never to rise again. They will not wake up until the heavens are no more; they will not stir from their sleep.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so man lies down never to rise again. They will not wake up until the heavens are no more; they will not stir from their sleep.

Contemporary English Version
we fall into the sleep of death, never to rise again, until the sky disappears.

Good News Translation
people die, never to rise. They will never wake up while the sky endures; they will never stir from their sleep.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
so each person lies down and does not rise until the heavens cease to exist. He does not wake up. He is not awakened from his sleep.

International Standard Version
so also a person lies down and does not get up; they won't awaken until the heavens are no more, nor will they arise from their sleep."

NET Bible
so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

New King James Version
So man lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens are no more, They will not awake Nor be roused from their sleep.

King James 2000 Bible
So man lies down, and rises not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

New Heart English Bible
so man lies down and doesn't rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

World English Bible
so man lies down and doesn't rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

American King James Version
So man lies down, and rises not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

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

A Faithful Version
So man lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be awakened out of their sleep.

Darby Bible 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.

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

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

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
So man sleepeth and riseth not: for hee shall not wake againe, nor be raised from his sleepe till the heauen be no more.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
So man after he is asleepe ryseth not, he shall not wake tyll the heauens be no more, nor rise out of his sleepe.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
but when man slepeth, he ryseth not agayne, vntill the heauen perish: he shal not wake vp ner ryse out of his slepe.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And man has lain down, and does not rise, "" Until the wearing out of the heavens they do not awaken, "" Nor are roused from 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.

Smith's Literal Translation
And man lay down and he will not rise: till the heavens be no more they shall not awake and rise from their sleep.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Catholic Public Domain Version
just so, when a man is fallen asleep, he will not rise again, until the heavens are worn away; he will not awaken, nor rise from his sleep.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And a man who falls asleep does not rise until the Heavens wear out; they will not be awakened and they do not break out from their sleep

Lamsa Bible
So man who lies down does not rise again; until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 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 Septuagint Translation
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.
















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