Job 14:7

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 the length of our lives. You know how many months we will live, and we are not given a minute longer. 6So leave us alone and let us rest! We are like hired hands, so let us finish our work in peace. “Even a tree has more hope! If it is cut down, it will sprout again and grow new branches. 8Though its roots have grown old in the earth and its stump decays, 9at the scent of water it will bud and sprout again like a new seedling.

Job 14:7 word by word

כִּ֤י יֵ֥שׁ לָעֵ֗ץ תִּ֫קְוָ֥ה אִֽם־יִ֭כָּרֵת וְע֣וֹד יַחֲלִ֑יף וְ֝יֹֽנַקְתּ֗וֹ לֹ֣א תֶחְדָּֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For there isיֵשׁyêsh · thereH3426
• hopeתִּקְוָהtiqvâh · hopeH8615
• of a treeעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086
• if it be cut downכָּרַתkârath · to cut: cutH3772
• that it will sprout againחָלַףchâlaph · to passH2498
• and that the tender branchיוֹנֶ֫קֶתyôneqeth · shootH3127
• thereof will not ceaseחָדַלchâdal · to ceaseH2308

Cross-references for Job 14:7

• Job 14:14Can 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.
• Job 19:10He has demolished me on every side, and I am finished. He has uprooted my hope like a fallen tree.
• Isaiah 11:1Out of the stump of David’s family will grow a shoot— yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.
• Isaiah 27:6The time is coming when Jacob’s descendants will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole earth with fruit!
• Daniel 4:15But leave the stump and the roots in the ground, bound with a band of iron and bronze and surrounded by tender grass. Now let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him live with the wild animals among the plants of the field.

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