Job 14:7

For there is hope for the tree: if it be cut down, it may still sprout again, while its young shoot will not cease.

Leeser Tanakh

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

6Turn thyself from him that he may recover from his pain, and be able to enjoy like a hired laborer his day.

8If even its root become old in the earth, and its stock die in the dust:

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Cross References

Job 19:10He hath pulled me down on every side, and I am going hence; and he hath rooted up like a tree my hope.

Isaiah 11:1And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stem of Jesse, and a sprout shall spring out of his roots.

Daniel 4:12(4:9) Its foliage was splendid, and its fruit large, and on it was food for all: under it sought the beasts of the field for shade, and in its boughs dwelt the fowls of heaven, and from it was fed all flesh.

Daniel 4:23(4:20) And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, who said, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the body of its roots in the earth, but [bound] in fetters of iron and copper, among the grass of the field; and let it be made wet with the dew of heaven, and let its portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times elapse over it:—

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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