Job 7:9
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9 As a cloud dissolves and vanishes,(A)
so whoever goes down to Sheol shall not come up.
Job 14:7-12
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7 For a tree there is hope;
if it is cut down, it will sprout again,
its tender shoots will not cease.
8 Even though its root grow old in the earth
and its stump die in the dust,
9 Yet at the first whiff of water it sprouts
and puts forth branches like a young plant.
10 But when a man dies, all vigor leaves him;(A)
when a mortal expires, where then is he?
11 As when the waters of a lake fail,
or a stream shrivels and dries up,
12 So mortals lie down, never to rise.
Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake,
nor be roused out of their sleep.(B)
Psalm 88:4
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Footnotes
- 88:4–8 In imagination the psalmist already experiences the alienation of Sheol.
Psalm 88:10-12
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10 my eyes grow dim from trouble.
All day I call on you, Lord;
I stretch out my hands to you.
11 [a]Do you work wonders for the dead?
Do the shades arise and praise you?(A)
Selah
III
12 Is your mercy proclaimed in the grave,
your faithfulness among those who have perished?[b]
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