Job 14:7
For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, || That it changes again, || That its tender branch does not cease.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6Look away from off him that he may cease, || Until he enjoy as a hired worker his day.
8If its root becomes old in the earth, || And its stem dies in the dust,
Cross References
Job 19:10He breaks me down all around, and I go, || And removes my hope like a tree.
Isaiah 11:1And a Rod has come out from the stock of Jesse, || And a Branch is fruitful from his roots.
Daniel 4:12its leaves [are] beautiful, and its budding great, and food for all [is] in it: under it the beast of the field takes shade, and in its boughs dwell the birds of the heavens, and of it are all flesh fed.
Daniel 4:23and that which the king has seen—a sifter, even a holy one, coming down from the heavens, and he has said, Cut down the tree, and destroy it; but the stump of its roots leave in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and with the dew of the heavens it is wet, and with the beast of the field [is] his portion, until 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 →