Job 14:7

A tree has hope: if it has been cut, it turns green again, and its branches spring forth.

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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

6Withdraw a little from him, so that he may rest, until his awaited day arrives, like that of the hired hand.

8If its roots grow old in the earth, and its trunk passes into dust,

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Cross References

Job 19:10He has destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and, like an uprooted tree, he has taken away my hope.

Isaiah 11:1And a rod will go forth from the root of Jesse, and a flower will ascend from his root.

Daniel 4:12Nevertheless, leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and let it be bound with a band of iron and brass among the plants, which are close by, and let it be touched by the dew of heaven, and let its place be with the wild animals among the plants of the earth.

Daniel 4:23But, since he commanded that the stump of its roots, that is, of the tree, should be left behind, your kingdom will be left for you, after you have realized that power is from divinity.

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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