Job 14:7

כִּי יֵשׁ לָעֵץ תִּקְוָה אִֽם ־ יִכָּרֵת וְעוֹד יַחֲלִיף וְיֹֽנַקְתּוֹ לֹא תֶחְדָּֽל ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

6שְׁעֵה מֵעָלָיו וְיֶחְדָּל עַד ־ יִרְצֶה כְּשָׂכִיר יוֹמֽוֹ ׃

8אִם ־ יַזְקִין בָּאָרֶץ שָׁרְשׁוֹ וּבֶעָפָר יָמוּת גִּזְעֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Job 19:10יִתְּצֵנִי סָבִיב וָאֵלַךְ וַיַּסַּע כָּעֵץ תִּקְוָתִֽי ׃

Isaiah 11:1וְיָצָא חֹטֶר מִגֵּזַע יִשָׁי וְנֵצֶר מִשָּׁרָשָׁיו יִפְרֶֽה ׃

Daniel 4:12בְּרַם עִקַּר שָׁרְשׁוֹהִי בְּאַרְעָא שְׁבֻקוּ וּבֶֽאֱסוּר דִּֽי ־ פַרְזֶל וּנְחָשׁ בְּדִתְאָא דִּי בָרָא וּבְטַל שְׁמַיָּא יִצְטַבַּע וְעִם ־ חֵיוְתָא חֲלָקֵהּ בַּעֲשַׂב אַרְעָֽא ׃

Daniel 4:23וְדִי אֲמַרוּ לְמִשְׁבַּק עִקַּר שָׁרְשׁוֹהִי דִּי אִֽילָנָא מַלְכוּתָךְ לָךְ קַיָּמָה מִן ־ דִּי תִנְדַּע דִּי שַׁלִּטִן שְׁמַיָּֽא ׃

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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