Job 34:15

15 All flesh would expire together, and man would return to the dust.

Job 34:15 Meaning and Commentary

Job 34:15

All flesh shall perish together
Not one by one, or one after another, as they generally do, but all together; as when the flood swept away the world of the ungodly. "All flesh" signifies all men, and their bodies of flesh particularly, which are weak, frail, and mortal; and if God gathers or takes out the spirit from them, they die immediately, which is meant by perishing, as in ( Ecclesiastes 7:15 ) ( Isaiah 57:1 ) ;

and man shall turn again unto dust;
from whence he came, as the body does at death; when those earthly tabernacles of the bodies of men, which have their foundation in the dust, are dissolved and sink into it. Now though this is the case of particular persons, one after another, yet it is not a general case, as it would be if God was to exert his power, as he might without any charge of injustice: and this shows the merciful kindness of God to man, so far is he from doing any thing injurious or unjust.

Job 34:15 In-Context

13 Who hath entrusted to him the earth? and who hath disposed the whole world?

14 If he only thought of himself, [and] gathered unto him his spirit and his breath,

15 All flesh would expire together, and man would return to the dust.

16 If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: give ear to the voice of my words!

17 Should he that hateth right indeed govern? and wilt thou condemn the All-just?