Job 34:15

¹³ Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world?

¹⁴ If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,

all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.

¹⁶ If you have understanding, hear this; listen to my words.

¹⁷ Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
KJV: All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
WEB: all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.
ASV: All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust.
DARBY: All flesh would expire together, and man would return to the dust.
BLB: [then] all flesh would perish together, and man would return to the dust.

ÅB: da skulle alt kjød oppgi ånden på én gang, og mennesket bli til støv igjen.
OTB: ville hele menneskeheten omkomme sammen,
og menneskeheten ville vende tilbake til støv.
B1930: da skulde alt kjød opgi ånden på én gang, og mennesket bli til støv igjen.

Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
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Ecclesiastes 12:7
before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
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Isaiah 57:16
For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
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Psalms 90:3–10
You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
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Job 30:23
Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
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Isaiah 27:4
I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.
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Job 10:9
Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?
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Job 9:22
It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
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