Job 14:22 Meaning and Explanation
“But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Job closes on a somber note: in his suffering the flesh feels pain and the soul mourns within.
What Does Job 14:22 Mean?
Job ends this lament where so much of his suffering lives, in the body that aches and the soul that grieves. The chapter that reached toward resurrection hope settles back, for now, into the present reality of pain felt in the flesh and sorrow felt within. Job is honest about where he still is.
It is fitting that the chapter does not end in tidy triumph but in real human pain held before God. Faith does not pretend the hurt away; it carries the hurt to the One who can heal it. The cry of body and soul is heard. The Lord who would Himself bear pain in His flesh and grief in His soul meets Job here, so that no suffering is wasted and no mourner mourns alone.
Job 14:22 in the Original Language
nephesh (נֶפֶשׁ), 'soul' -- the whole living self, the inner person that here mourns within.
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What does Job 14:22 mean?
Job closes on a somber note: in his suffering the flesh feels pain and the soul mourns within.