Job 14:7
For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
8Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,
Cross References
Job 19:10He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree.
Isaiah 11:1And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall be fruitful;
Daniel 4:12Its leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all: the beasts of the field found shade under it, and the birds of the heavens dwelt in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.
Daniel 4:23And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from the heavens, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be bathed with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him:
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 →