Job 14:12
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.”
קוּם
To arise, to stand up, to establish. Quwm. Arise shine for your light has come. God calls His people to get up. Passivity is not the posture of those who carry His glory.
בִּלְתִּי
is not
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בִּלְתִּי
properly, 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.
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שָׁמַיִם
heaven
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שָׁמַיִם
Heaven, sky. Shamayim. The visible sky and the spiritual realm where God dwells. God inhabits eternity but also dwells with the humble and contrite in spirit.
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עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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שָׁכַב
he lies down
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שָׁכַב
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
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קוּץ
they will awake
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קוּץ
to awake (literally or figuratively)
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עוּר
they will be roused
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עוּר
to wake (literally or figuratively)
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