Job 14:7 “For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again,…”

Job 14:7

For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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.

World English Bible

“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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

For there is hope of a tree, if it bee cut downe, that it will yet sproute, and the branches thereof will not cease.

Darby 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.

Bible in Basic English

For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“that it will sprout”

Isaiah 27:6 Isaiah 11:1 Job 14:14 Daniel 4:23–25 Job 19:10 Daniel 4:15

Isaiah 27:6 · BSB

In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.

Isaiah 11:1 · BSB

Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.

Job 14:14 · BSB

When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.

Daniel 4:23–25 · BSB

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, with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender…

Job 19:10 · BSB

He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.

Daniel 4:15 · BSB

But leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with 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…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.

8If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

Read Job 14