Job 14:7

Job chapter 14 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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.

King James Version · 1611

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.

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

v.6Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

v.7This passage

v.8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Isaiah 11:1
And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.
Job 19:10
He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.
Daniel 4:23
And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of the roots thereof 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 of the field, till seven times pass over him;
Isaiah 27:6
In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.
Job 14:14
If a man die, shall he liveagain? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.
Daniel 4:15
Nevertheless leave the stump of its 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: