Job 14:7
For there is hope for a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender branches will not fail;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6O turn thine eyes from him, and let him rest, That he may enjoy, as a hireling, his day!
8Though its root may have grown old in the earth, And though its trunk be dead upon the ground,
Cross References
Job 19:10He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone! He hath torn up my hope like a tree.
Isaiah 11:1Then shall spring forth a shoot from the stem of Jesse, And a sprout grow up from his roots.
Daniel 4:12The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit abundant, and in it was food for all. The beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the birds of heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
Daniel 4:23And whereas the king saw a watcher, even a holy one, coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down and destroy it, yet leave the stump of its roots in the earth, in bands of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and he shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and his portion shall be with the beasts of the field, 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 →