Job 14:22

Modern

He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”

Traditional

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

Literal

Indeed his flesh upon him is in pain, and his soul mourns over him.”

Latin

Attamen caro ejus, dum vivet, dolebit, et anima illius super semetipso lugebit.

Hebrew

English

He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”

Job no longer considered Sheol as a safe place (3:17–19; 14:13–17). The Old Testament often describes dead people as having no feelings (Psalm 88:12; Ecclesiastes 9:5; compare Isaiah 50:11; 66:24). The New Testament more plainly teaches that evil dead people experience suffering (Luke 16:23, 28; Revelation 14:11).

Job 19:26
Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
Luke 16:23–24
In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
Job 19:22
Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
Job 19:20
My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
Job 33:19–21
A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,