Job 14:7 "At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
"At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

English Standard Version
“For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.

New American Standard Bible
"For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its shoots will not die.

International Standard Version
"There is hope for the tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots won't stop growing.

American Standard 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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it groweth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout.

Darby Bible Translation
For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;

Young's Literal Translation
For there is of a tree hope, if it be cut down, That again it doth change, That its tender branch doth not cease.

Cross References

Job 14:6
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

Job 14:8
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

Isaiah 6:13
But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

Daniel 4:15
Nevertheless leave the stump of his 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 his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

14:7-15 Though a tree is cut down, yet, in a moist situation, shoots come forth, and grow up as a newly planted tree. But when man is cut off by death, he is for ever removed from his place in this world. The life of man may fitly be compared to the waters of a land flood, which spread far, but soon dry up. All Job's expressions here show his belief in the great doctrine of the resurrection. Job's friends proving miserable comforters, he pleases himself with the expectation of a change. If our sins are forgiven, and our hearts renewed to holiness, heaven will be the rest of our souls, while our bodies are hidden in the grave from the malice of our enemies, feeling no more pain from our corruptions, or our corrections.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

7. Man may the more claim a peaceful life, since, when separated from it by death, he never returns to it. This does not deny a future life, but a return to the present condition of life. Job plainly hopes for a future state (Job 14:13; Job 7:2). Still, it is but vague and trembling hope, not assurance; excepting the one bright glimpse in Job 19:25. The Gospel revelation was needed to change fears, hopes, and glimpses into clear and definite certainties.