Job 14:7
For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its tender branch will not cease.
Webster Bible
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In Context
6Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
8Though its root shall become old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground;
Cross References
Job 19:10He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and my hope hath he removed like a tree.
Isaiah 11:1And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots:
Daniel 4:12Its leaves were fair, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all: the beasts of the field had shade under it, and the fowls of heaven dwelt among its boughs, and all flesh was fed from it.
Daniel 4:23And whereas the king saw a watcher and 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, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let its portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times shall 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 →