Job 14:7 · KJV
“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.”
— Job 14:7
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. {rest: Heb. cease}
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
Job 14 — Context
Seeing his days {are} determined, the number of his months {are} with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. {rest: Heb. cease}
7For 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.
8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
9{Yet} through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Cross References
Isaiah 27:6
He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
Isaiah 11:1
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Job 14:14
If a man die, shall he live {again}? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Daniel 4:23-25
And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet 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;
Job 19:10
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
Daniel 4:15
Nevertheless leave the stump of his 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: