If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard labor I will wait until my relief comes.
Job 14:7 - Tree of Life Version “At least there is hope for a tree— if it is cut down it will sprout again, and its shoots will not cease. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down, that it will sprout again and that the tender shoots of it will not cease. [But there is no such hope for man.] 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. Common English Bible Indeed there is hope for a tree. If it’s cut down and still sprouting and its shoots don’t fail, Catholic Public Domain Version A tree has hope: if it has been cut, it turns green again, and its branches spring forth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A tree hath hope. If it be cut, it groweth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout. |
If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard labor I will wait until my relief comes.
Look away from him and let him alone, until he fulfills his time like a hired laborer.
Though its roots grow old in the earth and its stump dies in the dry ground,
He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.
Then a shoot will come forth out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch will bear fruit out of His roots.
In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will blossom and bud and fill the face of the world with fruit.
Though a tenth still be in it, it will again be burned. As a terebinth tree or as an oak whose stump remains when cut down, so the holy seed will be the stump.”
Yet leave a stump with its roots in the earth, in fetters of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be damp with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the animals in the grass of the earth.
“I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw this dream. Now you, Belteshazzar, tell me its meaning, for none of the wise men of my kingdom are able to make known to me its interpretation. But you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”