Job 14:7
For there is of a tree hope, if it be cut down, That again it doth change, That its tender branch doth not cease.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day.
8If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust,
Cross References
Job 19:10He breaketh me down round about, and I go, And removeth like a tree my hope.
Isaiah 11:1And a rod hath come out from the stock of Jesse, And a branch from his roots is fruitful.
Daniel 4:12its leaves [are] fair, and its budding great, and food for all [is] in it: under it take shade doth the beast of the field, and in its boughs dwell do the birds of the heavens, and of it fed are all flesh.
Daniel 4:23and that which the king hath seen — a sifter, even a holy one, coming down from the heavens, and he hath said, Cut down the tree, and destroy it; but the stump of its roots leave in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and with the dew of the heavens it is wet, and with the beast of the field [is] his portion, till that 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 →