Job 14:15

Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: but do not thou reject the work of thine hands.

Brenton Septuagint

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

14For if a man should die, shall he live again, having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?

16But thou hast numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape thee?

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Cross References

Job 7:21Why hast thou not forgotten my iniquity, and purged my sin? but now I shall depart to the earth; and in the morning, I am no more.

Job 10:8Thy hands have formed me and made me; afterwards thou didst change thy mind, and smite me.

Psalms 50:4Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

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 →

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