Quotes about Mortality
before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom,
— Job 10:21
“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
— Job 12:2
Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
— Job 13:19
So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
— Job 13:28
“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
— Job 14:1
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
— Job 14:2
Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
— Job 14:5
But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
— Job 14:10
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
You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
— Job 14:20
For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
— Job 16:22
“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
— Job 17:1