Job 14:7

For there is hope for a tree, 1 Even if it should be cut down, that it shall blossom again, 1 And its branch shall not fail. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

6Depart from him, that he may be quiet, 1 And take pleasure in his life, though as a hireling. 1

8For though its root should grow old in the earth, 1 And its stem die in the rock; 1

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Cross References

Job 19:10He has torn me round about, and I am gone: 1 And he has cut off my hope like a tree. 1

Isaiah 11:1And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a blossom shall come up from his root:

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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