Job 14:14

Job 14:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
• 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.

Context of Job 14:14

12So man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no longer, He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep. 13“Oh that You would hide me in Sheol, That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns to You, That You would set a limit for me and remember me! If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my struggle I will wait Until my change comes. 15You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for the work of Your hands. 16For now You number my steps, You do not observe my sin.

Job 14:14 word by word

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

• Ifאִם'im · ifH518
• a manגָּבֶרgeber · great manH1397
• diesמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• Allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of my struggleצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · army: dutyH6635
• I will waitיָחַלyâchal · to wait: waitH3176
• Untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• my changeחֲלִיפָהchălîyphâh · changeH2487
• comesבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for Job 14:14

• Job 19:25As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.
• Ezekiel 37:1The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.
• Matthew 22:29But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God.
• John 5:28Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,
• Acts 26:8Why is it considered incredible among you people if God does raise the dead?
• 1 Corinthians 15:42So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body;
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
• Revelation 20:13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds.
• Job 14:5Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.
• Job 7:1“Is not man forced to labor on earth, And are not his days like the days of a hired man?
• Job 42:16After this, Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons and his grandsons, four generations.
• Psalms 27:14Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord.
• Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me and heard my cry.
• Lamentations 3:25The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him.
• James 5:7Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains.
• Job 13:15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. Nevertheless I will argue my 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