SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:12
Así el hombre yace, y no se tornar a levantar; hasta que no haya cielo no despertarn, ni recordarn de su sueo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Job 14:12
Verse 12. So man lieth down ] He falls asleep in his bed of earth. And riseth not - Men shall not, like cut down trees and plants, reproduce their like; nor shall they arise till the heavens are no more, till the earth and all its works are burnt up, and the general resurrection of human beings shall take place. Surely it would be difficult to twist this passage to the denial of the resurrection of the body. Neither can these expressions be fairly understood as implying Job's belief in the materiality of the soul, and that the whole man sleeps from the day of his death to the morning of the resurrection. We have already seen that Job makes a distinction between the animal life and rational soul in man; and it is most certain that the doctrine of the materiality of the soul, and its sleep till the resurrection, has no place in the sacred records. There is a most beautiful passage to the same purpose, and with the same imagery, in Moschus's epitaph on the death of Bion: - ai, ai tai malacai men epan kata kapon olwntai, h ta clwra selina, to t euqalev oulon anhqon, usteron au zwonti, kai eiv etov allo fuonti ammev d, oi megaloi, kai karteroi, h sofoi andrev, oppote prwta qanwmev, anakooi en cqoni koila eudomev eu mala makron, atermona, nhgreton upnon. Idyll. iii., ver. 100. Alas! alas! the mallows, when they die, Or garden herbs, and sweet Anethum's pride, Blooming in vigour, wake again to life, And flourish beauteous through another year: But we, the great, the mighty, and the wise, When once we die, unknown in earth's dark womb Sleep long and drear, the endless sleep of death.
J. B. B. C.
A more cold and comfortless philosophy was never invented. The next verse shows that Job did not entertain this view of the subject.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 7-15 - Though a tree is cut down, yet, in a moist situation, shoots com forth, and grow up as a newly planted tree. But when man is cut off by death, he is for ever removed from his place in this world. The life of man may fitly be compared to the waters of a land flood, which sprea far, but soon dry up. All Job's expressions here show his belief in the great doctrine of the resurrection. Job's friends proving miserabl comforters, he pleases himself with the expectation of a change. If ou sins are forgiven, and our hearts renewed to holiness, heaven will be the rest of our souls, while our bodies are hidden in the grave from the malice of our enemies, feeling no more pain from our corruptions or our corrections.
Original Hebrew
ואישׁ 376 שׁכב 7901 ולא 3808 יקום 6965 עד 5704 בלתי 1115 שׁמים 8064 לא 3808 יקיצו 6974 ולא 3808 יערו 5782 משׁנתם׃ 8142
