Job 14:7
A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it groweth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
6Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling.
8If its root be old in the earth, and its stock be dead in the dust:
Cross References
Job 19:10He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and he hath taken away my hope, as from a tree that is plucked up.
Isaiah 11:1And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.
Daniel 4:12Its leaves were most beautiful, and its fruit exceeding much: and in it was food for all: under it dwelt cattle, and beasts, and in the branches thereof the fowls of the air had their abode: and all flesh did eat of it.
Daniel 4:23And whereas the king saw a watcher, and a holy one come down from heaven, and say: Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, and let it be bound with iron and brass among the grass without, and let it be sprinkled with the dew of heaven, and let his feeding be with the wild beasts, 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 →