What is death

LIFE AND DEATH IS UNDER CONTROL OF GOD

“The Lord brings death and makes alive;
he brings down to the grave and raises up.

New International Version (©2011)
"The LORD brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The LORD gives both death and life; he brings some down to the grave but raises others up.

English Standard Version (©2001)
The LORD kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The LORD brings death and gives life; He sends some to Sheol, and He raises others up.

International Standard Version (©2012)
The LORD kills and gives life, he brings people down to where the dead are and he raises them up.

NET Bible (©2006)
The LORD both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"The LORD kills, and he gives life. He makes [people] go down to the grave, and he raises them up [again].

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
The LORD kills, and makes alive: he brings down to the grave, and brings up.

American King James Version
The LORD kills, and makes alive: he brings down to the grave, and brings up.

American Standard Version
Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord killeth and maketh alive, he bringeth down to hell and bringeth back again.

Darby Bible Translation
Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive; he bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

English Revised Version
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

World English Bible
"Yahweh kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.

Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah putteth to death, and keepeth alive, He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

Summary

The Lord killeth, and maketh alive,.... Which is true of different persons; some he takes away by death, and others he preserves and continues in life; and of the same persons, whom God removes by death, and restores them to life again, of which there are instances both in the Old and New Testament; and be they which they will, both are of God, he is the great Disposer of life and death. Death is of him; it is by his appointment; it is sent by his order; and when it has a commission from him, there is no resisting it; and let it be brought about by what means it will, still it is of God: and life is of him; it is first given by him, and it is preserved by him; and though taken away, it shall be restored at the resurrection of the dead; of which some interpret this clause, as Kimchi and Ben Gersom observe: and what is here said is true, in a spiritual sense; the Lord kills by the law, or shows men that they are dead in sin, and in a legal sense; and he makes alive by his Spirit, through the Gospel, quickening such who were dead in trespasses and sins; which is his own work, and the effect of divine power and grace; See Gill on Deuteronomy 32:39.