Job 14:14

Job 14:14 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, till my renewal should come.
• New King James Version (NKJV)If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, Till my change comes.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Can the dead live again? If so, this would give me hope through all my years of struggle, and I would eagerly await the release of death.

Context of Job 14:14

12So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. 13O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. 15Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. 16For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

Job 14:14 word by word

אִם־יָמ֥וּת גֶּ֗בֶר הֲיִ֫חְיֶ֥ה כָּל־יְמֵ֣י צְבָאִ֣י אֲיַחֵ֑ל עַד־בּ֝֗וֹא חֲלִיפָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• If a manגָּבֶרgeber · great manH1397
• dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• shall he liveחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
• all the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of my appointed timeצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · army: dutyH6635
• will I waitיָחַלyâchal · to wait: waitH3176
• till my changeחֲלִיפָהchălîyphâh · changeH2487
• comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for Job 14:14

• Job 19:25For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
• Ezekiel 37:1The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
• Matthew 22:29Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
• John 5:28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
• Acts 26:8Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
• 1 Corinthians 15:42So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
• Revelation 20:13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
• Job 14:5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
• Job 7:1Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
• Job 42:16After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
• Psalms 27:14Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
• Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
• Lamentations 3:25The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
• James 5:7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
• Job 13:15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

Commentaries on Job 14:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14If a man die, shall he live again? - The Chaldee translates, If a wicked man die, can he ever live again? or, he can never live again. The Syriac and Arabic thus: "If a man die, shall he revive? Yea, all the days of his youth he awaits till his old age come." The Septuagint: "If a man die, shall he live, having accomplished the days of his life? I will endure till I live again." Here is no doubt, but a strong persuasion, of the certainty of the general…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14If a man die, shall he live again? - This is a sudden transition in the thought. He had unconsciously worked himself up almost to the belief that man might live again even on the earth. He had asked to be hid somewhere - even in the grave - until the wrath of God should be overpast, and then that God would remember him, and bring him forth again to life. Here he checks himself. It cannot be, he says, that man will live again on the earth. The hope is…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. 1414. shall he live?--The answer implied is, There is a hope that he shall, though not in the present order of life, as is shown by the words following. Job had denied (Job 14:10-12) that man shall live again in this present world. But hoping for a "set time," when God shall remember and raise him out of the hiding-place of the grave (Job 14:13), he declares himself willing to "wait all the days of his appointed time" of continuance in the grave, however…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 14:14

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Dead (People)
• Death
• 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