Job 14:7

For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment.

8Though its root may be old in the earth, and its cut-off end may be dead in the dust;

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Cross References

Job 19:10I am broken down by him on every side, and I am gone; my hope is uprooted like a tree.

Isaiah 11:1And there will come a rod out of the broken tree of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will give fruit.

Daniel 4:12Its leaves were fair and it had much fruit, and in it was food enough for all: the beasts of the field had shade under it, and the birds of heaven were resting in its branches, and it gave food to all living things.

Daniel 4:23And as for the vision which the king saw of a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven, saying, Let the tree be cut down and given to destruction;

Matthew Henry on Job 14:2-7

Brevity and Frailty of Human Life. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 6 Turn from him, that he may… Read the whole commentary →

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