Genesis 2: 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that you eat thereof thou shalt surely die.
Thus, the following Biblical passages form the basis and foundation of the correct belief system, as it pertains to the state of man in death. However, and whatever one or more Bible writers might seem to say to the contrary, must never be made to do any violence to the core, Biblical tenet on the matter.
Ecclesiastes 9: 4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.
Thus, when persons read any Biblical narrative, treating upon the issue of the state of man in death, it would be well if their minds had been previously garrisoned with the core, foundational doctrine of the mortality of the soul, and therefore, whatever the writer in question might say, or leave out in the particular narrative, the Biblical doctrine stands as solid as a rock, even when it may seem as if the writer is contradicting the scriptural doctrine on death.
Job 7: 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he that goes down to the grave shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him anymore.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!