Job 14:8

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Job 14:7-15

(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 more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 14:8

Dust. After being even exposed to the air, for a long time, some branches will take root, like the rose of Jericho, the willow, &c. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Job 14:7-15

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... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Job 14:1-12

A Complaint over Life's Troubles v. 1. Man that is born of a woman, feeble, frail mortal that he is, is of few days and full of trouble, Psalms 90:10. v. 2. He cometh forth like a flower and is cut down, coming up quickly, maturing rapidly, and withering as soon; he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not, as the shadow of a cloud hastens over the landscape in a moment of time. The entire first verse is really the subject of the second, the clauses showing man's frailty, his mortality,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Job 14:1-22

B.—Job’s Reply: Attack upon his friends, whose wisdom and justice he earnestly questions:Job 12-141. Ridicule of the assumed wisdom of the friends, who can give only a very unsatisfactory de scription of the exalted power and wisdom of the Divine activity:Job 12:01 And Job answered and said,2 No doubt but ye are the people,and wisdom shall die with you.3 But I have understanding as well as you;I am not inferior to you;yea, who knoweth not such things as these?4 I am as one... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Job 14:1-22

Shall Man Live Again? Job 14:1-22 Continuing his appeal, Job looks from his own case to the condition of mankind generally, Job 14:1-6 . All men are frail and full of trouble, Job 14:12 ; why should God bring a creature so weak into judgment with Him? Job 14:3 . The sinfulness of man is universal-not one can be proved clean before God, Job 14:4 . Since man is so frail Job pleads that he may not have such unwonted affliction, but may get some pleasure, Job 14:6 , r.v., out of his brief day. ... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Job 14:1-22

Taking a more general outlook, Job declared that man's life is ever transitory, and full of trouble. This should be a reason why God should pity him, and let him work out the brief period of its duration in quietness (1-6). Naturally, following this, he spoke of what the end of a man's doing is, showing the endlessness thereof. There is hope for a bee that it will bud again, but there is none for a man (7-12). This dark assertion seems to have created in the mind of Job a question of wondering... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Job 14:7-12

Job 14:7-2 Kings : gives the reason why God should let man have what little pleasure he can ( Job 14:6): Death ends all. In Damascus it is still customary to cut down trees, the stumps of which being watered send forth new shoots. Job refers to such a practice, which shows the indomitable vitality of tree life ( Job 14:7-1 Samuel :). But man, when he dies, knows no rejuvenation ( Job 14:10 f.). Job 14:11 may perhaps be a gloss, quoted from Isaiah 19:5, where both “ the sea” and “ the river”... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 14:8

Wax old; begin to wither and decay. And the stock die, to wit, in outward appearance. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Job 14:1-22

CONTINUATION OF JOB’S PLEADING WITH GODI. Pleads the common infirmity of human nature (Job 14:1-4).Man, from the very nature of his birth, frail and mortal, suffering and sinful. “Born of a woman.” Allusion to the sentence pronounced on Eve after the fall (Genesis 3:16), “I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children.” Like parent, like child. Such a birth a plea with the Almighty for lenience and forbearance. Three evils resulting to humanity... read more

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