But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
But man dieth, and wasteth away: he gives up life and wastes away, with no continuing conscious existence elsewhere. At death he does not pass at once to heavenly reward or to punishment. The dead sleep until they are awakened at the resurrection. The time between death and resurrection passes without their awareness, so whether long or short it is but a moment to them. For the weary righteous this is a blessed, unconscious rest, from which they shall be awakened by the trump of God to glorious immortality.
But man dieth, and wasteth away: he gives up life and wastes away, with no continuing conscious existence elsewhere. At death he does not pass at once to heavenly reward or to punishment. The dead sleep until they are awakened at the resurrection. The time between death and resurrection passes without their awareness, so whether long or short it is but a moment to them. For the weary righteous this is a blessed, unconscious rest, from which they shall be awakened by the trump of God to glorious immortality.