1 Corinthians 15:36; Isaiah 26:19; John 12:24
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 becom...
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 custom...
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
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 h...
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 s...
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 wel...
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 mu...
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...
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,...
(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 r...
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 l...
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...
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 ho...
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...
Death Anticipated. B. C. 1520. 7 For...
Wax old; begin to wither and decay. And the stock die, to wit, in outward appearance.
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,...
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...
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 expo...
A Complaint over Life's Troubles
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, apparently yielding to decay, and the stock thereof die in the ground, the trunk decaying down to the...
Die — To outward appearance.
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;