The Meaning of Job 14:22 Explained

Job 14:22

KJV: But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

YLT: Only -- his flesh for him is pained, And his soul for him doth mourn.'

Darby: But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself.

ASV: But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 14:22?

MEANING: What does Job 14:22 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 14:22 mean?

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KJV Reverse Interlinear

But his flesh  upon him shall have pain,  and his soul  within him shall mourn. 

What does Job 14:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 14:1-22 - Shall Man Live Again?
Continuing his appeal, Job looks from his own case to the condition of mankind generally, Job 14:1-6. All men are frail and full of trouble, Job 14:12; why should God bring a creature so weak into judgment with Him? Job 14:3. The sinfulness of man is universal-not one can be proved clean before God, Job 14:4. Since man is so frail Job pleads that he may not have such unwonted affliction, but may get some pleasure, Job 14:6, r.v., out of his brief day.
The anticipation of death as total extinction strengthens Job's appeal, Job 14:7-12. Of a tree there is hope that, if cut down, it will sprout again, Job 14:7-9. But at present Job sees no such hope for man. He dies, and is done with, as waters "fail from the sea," Job 14:10-12. This is a gloomy, despairing thought, and one against which the mind rebels as soon as uttered. Against the belief that death is the end of all things every man's better nature revolts. Hence the picture of another life beyond the present immediately rises to Job, Job 14:13-15. It may be only a yearning desire, for Job still asks the question, Job 14:14. Yet this desire, as that for a Daysman, Job 9:32-34, both suggested by the heart's despair, is equally answered by the gospel.
The hope for a future life is made stronger by the apparent injustices that exist now, Job 14:16-22. God's treatment of Job appears to be so severe that Job must perish under His hand, Job 14:18-22. A future life is surely necessary to remedy the inequalities of the present. Evidently this is not the place and time of judgment. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 14

1  Job entreats God for favor, by the shortness of life, and certainty of death
7  He waits for his change
16  By sin the creature is subject to corruption

What do the individual words in Job 14:22 mean?

But his flesh over it will be in pain and his soul will mourn -
אַךְ־ בְּ֭שָׂרוֹ עָלָ֣יו יִכְאָ֑ב וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ תֶּאֱבָֽל פ

בְּ֭שָׂרוֹ  his  flesh 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
עָלָ֣יו  over  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
יִכְאָ֑ב  will  be  in  pain 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּאַב  
Sense: to be in pain, be sore, have pain, be sorrowful.
וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ  and  his  soul 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
תֶּאֱבָֽל  will  mourn 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אָבַל 
Sense: to mourn, lament.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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