Job 14:15
Thou shouldest call, and I would answer thee: thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thine hands.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
In Context
16But now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
Cross References
Job 7:21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust; and thou shall seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
Job 10:8Thine hands have framed me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Psalms 50:4He shall call to the heavens above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
1 Thessalonians 4:17then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
1 John 2:28And now, my little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
Matthew Henry on Job 14:8-16
Death Anticipated. ( b. c. 1520.) 7 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. 8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: 12 So man lieth down, and… Read the whole commentary →