Cross references

Job 14:12

so a man lies down

and does not rise.

Until the heavens are no more,

he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.

Job 14:12 BSB

Job 14:12 has 23 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Job 10:21–22 (7 votes) and Job 3:13 (6 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from 2 Samuel 14 to Revelation 21.

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Which verses does Job 14:12 point to?

The 20 strongest of 23, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom, to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

  2. Job 3:136 votes

    For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

  3. For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile. All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust. …

  4. Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.

  5. But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness …

  6. Job 30:234 votes

    Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

  7. And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

  8. Job 7:213 votes

    Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”

  9. But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth. Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God. …

  10. They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.

  11. Acts 3:213 votes

Which verses point to Job 14:12?

The 10 strongest of 16.