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.
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Gill's Exposition
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,.... That is, if it be cut down to the root, and only the stump of the root is left in the ground, as the tree in…
Barnes' Notes
For there is hope of a tree - This passage to Job 14:12, is one of exquisite beauty. Its object is to state reasons why man should be permitted to enjoy this life. A tree, if cut down, might spring up…
We have seen what Job has to say concerning life; let us now see what he has to say concerning death, which his thoughts were very much conversant with, now that he was sick and sore. It is not…
The irreparable extinction of man's life in death. His destiny is sadder even than that of the tree. His sleep in death is eternal.
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