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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 14
Job testifies of the shortness of life, the certainty of death, and the guarantee of a
resurrection—He asks: If a man die, shall he live again?—He answers that he
will await the Lord's call to come forth from the grave.
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1 aMAN that is born of a
womana is of few days, and
full of trouble.
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is acut down: he fleeth
also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
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1a MAN that is born of a woman The first
and leading woman was Eve, who was name such because she was the 'mother of all living.' And
having followed after Adam and Eve, man was subject unto the fall and the cause of temporal
death. The trouble that man would face would be of the probationary estate, a time of testing
and proving of oneself. And the troubles would be of this mortal fallen termporal world of
human corruption. Yet this was a necessary step in God's Plan of Exaltation wherein man would
use his agency and make choices in and of himself.
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1a
2 Ne. 2:21;
Alma 12:24;
Moses 4:23 (22-23)
2a
Isa. 38:12 (10-13)
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4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an aunclean? not
one.
5 Seeing his adays are determined, the number of his
months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bbounds that he cannot pass;
6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an
ahireling, his day.
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4a
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Uncleanness
5a
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Time
b
Acts 17:26
6a
Job 7:1-2
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7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
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10 But man adieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the
ghost, and where is he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
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10a
Alma 11:45;
Alma 40:11-14;
D&C 76:73 (71-74)
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13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14 If a man die, shall he alive again? all the days of
my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
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14a
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Resurrection
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16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
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19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
22 But his flesh upon him shall have apain, and his soul within
him shall mourn.
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22a
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Pain
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