Job 14:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; ”

Job 14:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Though the root thereof wax old - Though life becomes almost extinct. The idea is, though the root of the tree be very old, yet it does not become wholly lifeless. It is not like an old man, when...
Job 14:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 14:7-12 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 w...
Job 14:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
Job 14:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For there is hope of a tree, &c.— Job begins this chapter with a reflection on the shortness and wretchedness of human life, a truth which he had so sadly learned from experience. In his progre...
Job 14:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; No JFB comment...
Job 14:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Third Speech (concluded) 1-6. Job pleads for God's forbearance on the grounds of man's shortness of life and sinful nature. 1, 2. The well-known Sentence in the Burial Service.
Job 14:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XII. BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD Job 12:1-25 ; Job 13:1-28 ; Job 14:1-22 Job SPEAKS ZOPHAR excites in Job's mind great irritation, which must not be set down altogether to the fact that he...
Job 14:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 ; w...
Job 14:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 dura...
Job 14:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(7) В¶ 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 th...
Job 14:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth ,.... Lies long there, and is become dry, and seems to be consumed, on which account there may be the less hope of its flourishing: and the stock there...
Job 14:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Ver. 8. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth ] And so the more unlikely to shoot forth again. Trees a...
Job 14:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down If the body of a tree be cut down, and only the stem or stump be left in the ground, yet there is hope; that it will sprout again Hebrew, יחלי Š, j...
Job 14:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

MAN'S DECAY AND DEATH (vv.1-12) What Job had said in chapter 3:28 he expands upon in these verses, giving a vivid description of the evanescent character of man's life on earth. This is generall...
Job 14:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Death Anticipated. B. C. 1520. 7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that...
Job 14:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Wax old; begin to wither and decay. And the stock die, to wit, in outward appearance.
Job 14:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CONTINUATION OF JOB’S PLEADING WITH GOD I. 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...
Job 14:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 14:4 . Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Then seeing we are all stained with original and actual sin, why should Zophar, without the least proof, almost say that Job's afflictions...
Job 14:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 14:1-18 This chapter, in which Job concludes the fourth of his addresses, is characterized by a tone of mild and gentle expostulation, which contrasts with the comparative ve...
Job 14:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Complaint over Life's Troubles
Job 14:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:36 ; Isaiah 26:19 ; John 12:24
Job 14:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Die — To outward appearance.

Job 14:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 14:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 14:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 14:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 14:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 14:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 14:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 14:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 14:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 14:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 14:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 14:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 14:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 14:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 14:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

Job 14:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 14:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 14:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 14:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 14:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 14:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes