God’s Word Translation
Job 14:15
15You will call, and I will answer you. You will long for the person your hands have made.
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
13I wish you would hide me in Sheol and keep me hidden there until your anger cools. Set a specific time for me when you will remember me. 14“If a person dies, will he go on living? I will wait for my relief to come as long as my hard labor continues. You will call, and I will answer you. You will long for the person your hands have made. 16Though now you count my steps, you will not keep ⌞a record of⌟ my sins. 17My disobedience will be closed up in a bag, and you will cover over my sins.
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תִּ֭קְרָא וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ךָּ לְֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ תִכְסֹֽף׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 14:15
- Job 13:22Then call, and I’ll answer. Otherwise, I’ll speak, and you’ll answer me.
- Psalms 50:4He summons heaven and earth to judge his people:
- 1 Thessalonians 4:17Then, together with them, we who are still alive will be taken in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. In this way we will always be with the Lord.
- 1 John 2:28Now, dear children, live in Christ. Then, when he appears we will have confidence, and when he comes we won’t turn from him in shame.
- Job 7:21Why don’t you forgive my disobedience and take away my sin? Soon I’ll lie down in the dust. Then you will search for me, but I’ll be gone!”
- Job 10:3What do you gain by mistreating me, by rejecting the work of your hands while you favor the plans of the wicked?
- Psalms 138:8The Lord will do everything for me. O Lord, your mercy endures forever. Do not let go of what your hands have made.
- 1 Peter 4:19Those who suffer because that is God’s will for them must entrust themselves to a faithful creator and continue to do 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
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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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