Job 14:15
Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
In Context
16For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
Cross References
Job 7:21And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.
Job 10:8Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one, round about; yet dost thou swallow me up!
Psalms 50:4He will call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
1 Thessalonians 4:17then *we*, the living who remain, shall be caught up together with them in [the] clouds, to meet the Lord in [the] air; and thus we shall be always with [the] Lord.
1 John 2:28And now, children, abide in him, that if he be manifested we may have boldness, and not be put to shame from before him at his coming.
Matthew Henry on Job 14:8-16
Death Anticipated. ( b. c. 1520.) 7 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. 8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: 12 So man lieth down, and… Read the whole commentary →