Reference

Job 34:15

Sheol / The Grave Annihilation / Destruction Whole-Person Death Destruction / Perishing Language

“All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.”

Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?

If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Sheol / The Grave

Semantic Discovery

90% relevance

This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Whole-Person Death

Semantic Discovery

90% relevance

This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Destruction / Perishing Language

Keyword Match

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This verse contains specific terms directly associated with this theme.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Sheol / The Grave

The verse describes a physical process of perishing and returning to dust, which could be interpreted as a general statement about mortality and decomposition rather than a specific reference to a location or state like Sheol.

Annihilation / Destruction

The verse describes a universal human fate of death and returning to dust, which is a natural process for all humans, not specifically a judgment against the wicked.

Whole-Person Death

The verse describes the physical perishing of "flesh" and returning to "dust," which could be interpreted as only the body dying, leaving open the possibility of a non-physical aspect of the person continuing to exist.

Destruction / Perishing Language

The verse describes the universal fate of all humanity, not specifically the destruction or perishing of the wicked. It speaks of a natural process of death and decay that applies to "all flesh," implying a general human condition rather than a punitive end for a specific group.

Sheol / The Grave

Related Verses

Ecclesiastes 3:20

“All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.”

Job 21:26

“They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.”

Psalms 103:14

“For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.”

Job 13:12

“Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.”

Job 17:16

“They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.”

Thematic Connections

Sheol / The Grave Annihilation / Destruction Whole-Person Death Destruction / Perishing Language

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