Job 14:12

So man lieth down,.... Or "and", or "but man lieth down" (b); in the grave when he dies, as on a bed, and takes his rest from all his labours, toil and troubles, and lies asleep, and continues so till…

So man lieth down, and riseth not - He lies down in the grave and does not rise again on the earth. Till the heavens be no more - That is, never; for such is the fair interpretation of the passage,…

We have seen what Job has to say concerning life; let us now see what he has to say concerning death, which his thoughts were very much conversant with, now that he was sick and sore. It is not…

till the heavens be no more i. e. never; cf. Psa 72:7, Till there be no moon. The heavens are eternal, cf. Jer 31:35-36; Psa 89:29; Psa 89:36-37.