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Job 14:7
7If someone cuts down a tree, the tree may not die. New branches may grow from it.
Job 14:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
- New International Version (NIV)“At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender shoots will not cease.
Context of Job 14:7
5You have decided how long people should live. You control the number of months that each person will live. Nobody can live any longer than that. 6So do not watch us! Leave us alone! We must work for the time that you have decided. Please leave us to work in peace. If someone cuts down a tree, the tree may not die. New branches may grow from it. 8Its roots in the ground may be old. The part of the tree that remains may be nearly dead. 9But if only a little water comes near to it, it will start to grow again. It will make new branches, like a young plant.
Read all of Job 14Job 14:7 word by word
כִּ֤י יֵ֥שׁ לָעֵ֗ץ תִּ֫קְוָ֥ה אִֽם־יִ֭כָּרֵת וְע֣וֹד יַחֲלִ֑יף וְ֝יֹֽנַקְתּ֗וֹ לֹ֣א תֶחְדָּֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 14:7
- Job 14:14If a man dies, will he live again? If I knew that, I would suffer patiently. I would wait until my troubles have finished.
- Job 19:10Everywhere that I go, God is there to attack me. He is ready to destroy me. He has taken away my hope, as if he has dug a tree out of the ground.
- Isaiah 11:1A descendant of Jesse will appear, like a new branch that grows from a tree stump. The roots of the tree will give new fruit!
- Isaiah 27:6The time will come when Jacob will grow well, like a strong plant in the ground. Yes, Israel will make flowers and branches. Their fruit will fill all the world.
- Daniel 4:15But leave the base of the tree and its roots in the ground. Tie iron and bronze round it. Then leave it there in the grass. Make him wet with dew from the sky. Cause him to live with the animals in the fields of grass.
Commentaries on Job 14:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7For there is hope of a tree - We must not, says Calmet, understand this of an old tree, the stem and roots of which are dried up and rotted: but there are some trees which grow from cuttings, and some which, though pulled out of the earth, and having had their roots dried and withered by long exposure to the sun and wind, will, on being replanted, take root and resume their verdure. There are also certain trees, the fibres of which are so solid, that if…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7For there is hope of a tree - This passage to Job 14:12, is one of exquisite beauty. Its object is to state reasons why man should be permitted to enjoy this life. A tree, if cut down, might spring up again and flourish; but not man. He died to rise no more; he is cut down and lives not again. The passage is important as expressing the prevalent sentiment of the time in which Job lived about the future condition of man, and is one that deserves a close…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. 77. Man may the more claim a peaceful life, since, when separated from it by death, he never returns to it. This does not deny a future life, but a return to the present condition of life. Job plainly hopes for a future state (Job 14:13; Job 7:2). Still, it is but vague and trembling hope, not assurance; excepting the one bright glimpse in Job 19:25. The Gospel revelation was needed to change fears, hopes, and glimpses into clear and definite certainties.Read the comment
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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
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