Job 14:7
5 Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
6 look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
8 If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
9 at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- “For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;
- BLB
- For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that again it will pass through, and its tender shoots will not cease.
- ÅB
- For treet er det håp; om det hugges, så spirer det igjen, og på nye skudd mangler det ikke;
- OTB
- “For det er håp for et tre,
Hvis det blir hugget ned, at det vil skyte igjen,
Og dets skudd vil ikke svikte. - B1930
- For treet er det håp; om det hugges, så spirer det igjen, og på nye skudd mangler det ikke;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 27:6
In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
Read in contextIsaiah 11:1
Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
Read in contextJob 14:14
When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
Read in contextDaniel 4:23–25
And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’
Read in contextJob 19:10
He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.
Read in contextDaniel 4:15
But leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven and graze with the beasts on the grass of the earth.
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