What does Job 14:10 mean?

Job 14:10 highlights themes such as death, existence, mystery when read in context.

How should I apply Job 14:10 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

10But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

11As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

12So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

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Ecclesiastes 12:7
Both verses address the inevitability of death and the return of the spirit to God.
Hebrews 9:27
This verse speaks to the certainty of death for all humanity.