God’s Word Translation
Job 14:7
7There is hope for a tree when it is cut down. It will sprout again. Its shoots will not stop sprouting.
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
5If the number of his days and the number of his months are determined by you, and you set his limit, then he cannot go past it. 6Look away from him, and he will cease to be. Meanwhile, he loves life as a laborer loves work. There is hope for a tree when it is cut down. It will sprout again. Its shoots will not stop sprouting. 8If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil, 9merely a scent of water will make it sprout and grow branches like a 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 14:7
- Job 14:14“If a person dies, will he go on living? I will wait for my relief to come as long as my hard labor continues.
- Job 19:10He beats me down on every side until I’m gone. He uproots my hope like a tree.
- Isaiah 11:1Then a shoot will come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from its roots will bear fruit.
- Isaiah 27:6In times to come Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom, bud, and fill the whole world with fruit.
- Daniel 4:15But leave the stump and its roots in the ground. Secure it with an iron and bronze chain in the grass in the field. Let it get wet with the dew from the sky. And let it get its share of the plants on the ground with the animals.
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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