If God, moved by longing for His creatures, would only restore Job to life! He who rejuvenates the tree, could reanimate the man. Death would then be a proof of the Divine love: it would be God's hiding Job in Sheol from His own wrath, till it was over (Job 14:13). In this case Job would welcome death (Job 14:14). For after it would come a time of uninterrupted communion with God (Job 14:15). The first emergence of hope was in Job 7:21. Here the hope is stronger, and it will be stronger again yet.
Job 14:14. Duhm follows LXX If a man might die and live again! This seems best: if we retain the text, the question is asked without being answered: the second line continues the thought of Job 14:13.