Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

{Is there} not an appointed time to man upon earth? {are not} his days also like the days of an hireling? {an appointed...: or, a warfare}

Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. {maintain: Heb. prove, or, argue}

And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. {hell: or, the grave}

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. {Be...: or, Be long patient, or, Suffer with long patience}

After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, {even} four generations.

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

The LORD {is} good unto them that wait for him, to the soul {that} seeketh him.

The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which {was} full of bones,

So also {is} the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

Seeing his days {are} determined, the number of his months {are} with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. {I waited...: Heb. In waiting I waited}

For I know {that} my redeemer liveth, and {that} he shall stand at the latter {day} upon the earth:

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

Seeing his days {are} determined, the number of his months {are} with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

For we must needs die, and {are} as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect {any} person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. {neither...: or, because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, etc}

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. {rest...: Heb. dwell confidently}

When a few years are come, then I shall go the way {whence} I shall not return. {a few...: Heb. years of number}

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up {that which is} planted; {to be...: Heb. to bear}

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? {How...: Heb. How many days are the years of my life}

If I wait, the grave {is} mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

David said furthermore, {As} the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what {was} that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. {to give...: Heb. to draw my flesh with wine} {all...: Heb. the number of the days of their life}

And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

This {is} the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare {him} stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. {bier: or, coffin}

They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding {it}. {destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces}