Job 14:15

Job 14:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
• New International Version (NIV)You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You would call, and I would answer you; you would long for the work of your hands.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall call, and I will answer You; You shall desire the work of Your hands.

Context of Job 14:15

13If only you would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until your anger passes. If only you would appoint a time for me and then remember me. 14When a person dies, will he come back to life? If so, I would wait all the days of my struggle until my relief comes. You would call, and I would answer you. You would long for the work of your hands. 16For then you would count my steps but would not take note of my sin. 17My rebellion would be sealed up in a bag, and you would cover over my iniquity.

Job 14:15 word by word

תִּ֭קְרָא וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ךָּ לְֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ תִכְסֹֽף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• and I will answerעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• thee: thou wilt have a desireכָּסַףkâsaph · to longH3700
• to the workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• of thine handsיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for Job 14:15

• Job 13:22Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you can respond to me.
• Psalms 50:4On high, he summons heaven and earth in order to judge his people:
• 1 Thessalonians 4:17Then we who are still alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
• 1 John 2:28So now, little children, remain in him so that when he appears we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
• Job 7:21Why not forgive my sin and pardon my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the grave. You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.
• Job 10:3Is it good for you to oppress, to reject the work of your hands, and favor the plans of the wicked?
• Psalms 138:8The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me. Lord, your faithful love endures forever; do not abandon the work of your hands.
• 1 Peter 4:19So then, let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust themselves to a faithful Creator while doing what is good.

Commentaries on Job 14:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Thou shalt call - Thou shalt say There shall be time no longer: Awake, ye dead! and come to judgment! And I will answer thee - My dissolved frame shall be united at thy call; and body and soul shall be rejoined. Thou wilt have a desire - תכסף tichsoph, "Thou wilt pant with desire;" or, "Thou wilt yearn over the work of thy hands." God has subjected the creature to vanity, in hope; having determined the resurrection. Man is one of the noblest works of God…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee - This is language taken from courts of justice. It refers, probably, not to a future time, but to the present. “Call thou now, and I will respond.” It expresses a desire to come at once to trial; to have the matter adjusted before he should leave the world. He could not bear the idea of going out of the world under the imputations which were lying on him, and he asked for an opportunity to vindicate himself before…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 Though a tree is cut down, yet, in a moist situation, shoots come forth, and grow up as a newly planted tree. But when man is cut off by death, he is for ever removed from his place in this world. The life of man may fitly be compared to the waters of a land flood, which spread far, but soon dry up. All Job's expressions here show his belief in the great doctrine of the resurrection. Job's friends proving miserable comforters, he pleases…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. namely, at the resurrection (Joh 5:28; Psa 17:15). have a desire to--literally, "become pale with anxious desire:" the same word is translated "sore longedst after" (Ge 31:30; Psa 84:2), implying the utter unlikelihood that God would leave in oblivion the "creature of His own hands so fearfully and wonderfully made." It is objected that if Job knew of a future retribution, he would make it the leading topic in solving the problem of the permitted…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 14:15

• Dead (People)
• Faith
• Resurrection

In the dictionaries

• Awake
• Born
• Change
• Clean
• Plow
• Raise
• Sew
• Stock
• Wait
• Waste

Commentaries on Job 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings