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Job 14:12Job.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.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Ainsi l'homme se couche et ne se relèvera plus, Il ne se réveillera pas tant que les cieux subsisteront, Il ne sortira pas de son sommeil.

KJV

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

Patristic reading

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  • Hegemonius

    Acta Archelai

    enegare et dicunt pro anima inbabitatorem fuisse rerbum deum; et dum volunt bomanitatem in Christo 4 Job. 14, 12ff. und 16, 28 1 cherintus M | 2 Mercati mochte nach appellatur interpungieren und nach adserens (Z. 4) usw. eitea eundem (paracletum) missurum esse änxen | 5 apostolis…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ? Objection 1: It would seem that there is not to be a resurrection of the body: for it is written ( Job 14:12 ): "Man, when he is fallen asleep, shall not rise again till the heavens be broken." But the heavens shall never be broken, since the earth, to which seemingly this is s…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    not delayed until the end of the world, that all may rise together. On the contrary, It is written ( Job 14:12 ): "Man when he is fallen asleep shall not rise again till the heavens be broken, he shall not wake, nor rise out of his sleep," and it is a question of the sleep of dea…

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