the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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THE MESSAGE
Job 14:7
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There is hope for a tree:If it is cut down, it will sprout again,and its shoots will not die.
"For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, That the tender branch of it will not cease.
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.
"For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.
"If a tree is cut down, there is hope that it will grow again and will send out new branches.
"But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.
"For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the shoots of it will not cease nor fail, [but there is no such hope for man].
"For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail.
"For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, That the tender branch of it will not cease.
For there is hope of a tree, if it bee cut downe, that it will yet sproute, and the branches thereof will not cease.
"For there is hope for a tree,When it is cut down, that it will change back sprouting again,And its shoots will not cease.
For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
When a tree is chopped down, there is always the hope that it will sprout again.
"For a tree, there is hope that if cut down, it will sprout again, that its shoots will continue to grow.
For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;
"There is always hope for a tree. If it is cut down, it can grow again. It will keep sending out new branches.
For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again and its tender shoots will not cease.
There is hope for a tree that has been cut down; it can come back to life and sprout.
"Indeed, there is hope for a tree: if it is cut down, then it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not cease;
For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and its shoot will not cease.
Yf a tre be cutt downe, there is some hope yet, that it will sproute and shute forth the braunches againe:
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.
For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.
For there is hope of a tree,
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut downe, that it will sprout againe, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
For if a tree be cut downe, there is some hope yet that it wyll sproute and shoote foorth the braunches againe.
For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, that it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.
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.
A tree hath hope, if it is kit doun; and eft it wexith greene, and hise braunches spreden forth.
For there is hope of a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its tender branch will not cease.
"For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender shoots will not cease.
"Even a tree has more hope! If it is cut down, it will sprout again and grow new branches.
"For there is hope for a tree, when it is cut down, that it will grow again, and that its branches will not stop growing.
"For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.
Though there is - for a tree - hope, - if it should be cut down, that, again, it will grow, and, the tender branch thereof, will not cease;
A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it growth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout.
"For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.
For there is of a tree hope, if it be cut down, That again it doth change, That its tender branch doth not cease.
"For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
that it will sprout: Job 14:14, Job 19:10, Isaiah 11:1, Isaiah 27:6, Daniel 4:15, Daniel 4:23-25
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 14:14 - as water Job 15:32 - and his branch Job 24:20 - wickedness Psalms 88:10 - shall Ecclesiastes 9:4 - General Ecclesiastes 9:10 - for Isaiah 6:13 - substance Daniel 11:7 - out of
Cross-References
Then this: Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim went off to war to fight Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, that is, Zoar.
That's when the king of Sodom marched out with the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, that is, Zoar. They drew up in battle formation against their enemies in the Valley of Siddim—against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, four kings against five.
That's how that desert spring got named "God-Alive-Sees-Me Spring." That spring is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.
Abraham traveled from there south to the Negev and settled down between Kadesh and Shur. While he was camping in Gerar, Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She's my sister." So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her. But God came to Abimelech in a dream that night and told him, "You're as good as dead—that woman you took, she's a married woman." Now Abimelech had not yet slept with her, hadn't so much as touched her. He said, "Master, would you kill an innocent man? Didn't he tell me, ‘She's my sister'? And didn't she herself say, ‘He's my brother'? I had no idea I was doing anything wrong when I did this." God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know your intentions were pure, that's why I kept you from sinning against me; I was the one who kept you from going to bed with her. So now give the man's wife back to him. He's a prophet and will pray for you—pray for your life. If you don't give her back, know that it's certain death both for you and everyone in your family." Abimelech was up first thing in the morning. He called all his house servants together and told them the whole story. They were shocked. Then Abimelech called in Abraham and said, "What have you done to us? What have I ever done to you that you would bring on me and my kingdom this huge offense? What you've done to me ought never to have been done." Abimelech went on to Abraham, "Whatever were you thinking of when you did this thing?" Abraham said, "I just assumed that there was no fear of God in this place and that they'd kill me to get my wife. Besides, the truth is that she is my half sister; she's my father's daughter but not my mother's. When God sent me out as a wanderer from my father's home, I told her, ‘Do me a favor; wherever we go, tell people that I'm your brother.'" Then Abimelech gave Sarah back to Abraham, and along with her sent sheep and cattle and servants, both male and female. He said, "My land is open to you; live wherever you wish." And to Sarah he said, "I've given your brother a thousand pieces of silver—that clears you of even a shadow of suspicion before the eyes of the world. You're vindicated." Then Abraham prayed to God and God healed Abimelech, his wife and his maidservants, and they started having babies again. For God had shut down every womb in Abimelech's household on account of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
They presented themselves before Moses and Aaron and the whole congregation of the People of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They reported to the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land. Then they told the story of their trip: "We went to the land to which you sent us and, oh! It does flow with milk and honey! Just look at this fruit! The only thing is that the people who live there are fierce, their cities are huge and well fortified. Worse yet, we saw descendants of the giant Anak. Amalekites are spread out in the Negev; Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites hold the hill country; and the Canaanites are established on the Mediterranean Sea and along the Jordan." Caleb interrupted, called for silence before Moses and said, "Let's go up and take the land—now. We can do it." But the others said, "We can't attack those people; they're way stronger than we are." They spread scary rumors among the People of Israel. They said, "We scouted out the land from one end to the other—it's a land that swallows people whole. Everybody we saw was huge. Why, we even saw the Nephilim giants (the Anak giants come from the Nephilim). Alongside them we felt like grasshoppers. And they looked down on us as if we were grasshoppers."
In the first month, the entire company of the People of Israel arrived in the Wilderness of Zin. The people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and she was buried.
Then Balaam spotted Amalek and delivered an oracle-message. He said, Amalek, you're in first place among nations right now, but you're going to come in last, ruined.
Then we set out from Horeb and headed for the Amorite hill country, going through that huge and frightening wilderness that you've had more than an eyeful of by now—all under the command of God , our God—and finally arrived at Kadesh Barnea. There I told you, "You've made it to the Amorite hill country that God , our God, is giving us. Look, God , your God, has placed this land as a gift before you. Go ahead and take it now. God , the God-of-Your-Fathers, promised it to you. Don't be afraid. Don't lose heart."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 Nebuchadnezzar's dream, Daniel 4:15, yet the owner of it may entertain a hope that it is not utterly destroyed, but will bud out again; or "change" s its state and condition, and become flourishing again: or "renew" t itself; and its strength, and put out new shoots and branches; either it will rise up into a new body, as the laurel, as Pliny u relates, or produce new sprouts as the willow, alder tree, and others; for this is not true of every tree, though it may be of many; for it is w reported of the cypress tree, when cut down, it never sprouts out any more, unless in one place, in Aenaria; but since this is the case of some, it is sufficient to Job's purpose:
and that the tender branch thereof will not cease; from shooting out; or "its suckers will not cease" x; which may be observed frequently to grow out of the roots of trees, even of those that are cut down, such as above mentioned.
s יחליף "mutabit se", Drusius; "conditionem suam", Piscator. t "Renovat se", Schmidt. u Nat. Hist. apud Pinedam in loc. w Servius in Virgil. Aeneid. l. 3. p. 681. Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 16. c. 33. x יונקתו "sugensque ejus surculus", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 again and flourish; but not man. He died to rise no more; he is cut down and lives not again. The passage is important as expressing the prevalent sentiment of the time in which Job lived about the future condition of man, and is one that deserves a close examination. The great question is, whether Job believed in the future state, or in the resurrection of the dead? On this question one or two things are clear at the outset.
(1) He did not believe that man would spring up from the grave in any sense similar to the mode in which the sprout or germ of a tree grows up when the tree is cut down.
(2) He did not believe in the doctrine of metempsychosis, or transmigration of souls; a doctrine that was so common among the ancients.
In this respect the patriarchal religion stood aloof from the systems of paganism, and there is not to be found, that I know of, any expression that would lead us to suppose that they had ever embraced it, or had even heard of it. The general sentiment here is, that if a tree is cut down, it may be expected to shoot up again, and another tree will be found in its place - as is the case with the chestnut, the willow, the oak. But Job says that there was nothing like this to happen to man. There was no root, no germ, no seminal principle from which he would be made to live again on the earth. He was to be finally cut off, from all his pleasures and his friends here, and to go away to return no more. Still, that Job believed in his continued existence beyond the grave - his existence in the dark and gloomy world of shades, is apparent from the whole book, and indeed from the very passage before us; see Job 14:13 - compare Job 10:21-22. The image here is one that is very beautiful, and one that is often employed by poets. Thus, Moschus, in his third Idyl, as translated by Gisborne:
The meanest herb we trample in the field,
Or in the garden nurture, when its leaf
At winter’s touch is blasted, and its place
Forgotten, soon its vernal bud renews,
And from short slumber wakes to life again.
Man wakes no more! Man, valiant, glorious, wise,
When death once chills him, sinks in sleep profound.
A long, unconscious, never-ending sleep.
See also Beattie’s Hermit:
‘Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more;
I mourn, but ye woodlands, I mourn not for you;
For morn is approaching, your charms to restore,
Perfumed with fresh fragrance, and glittering with dew.
Nor yet for the ravage of winter I mourn;
Kind nature the embryo blossom will save;
But when shall spring visit the mouldering urn?
O when shall it dawn on the night of the grave?
The same image, also, has been beautifully employed by Dr. Dwight, though urged by him as an argument to prove the doctrine of the resurrection:
In those lone, silent realms of night,
Shall peace and hope no more arise?
No future morning light the tomb,
Nor day-star gild the darksome skies?
Shall spring the faded world revive?
Shall waning moons their light renew?
Again shall setting suns ascend,
And chase the darkness from our view?
The feeling of Job here is, that when man was removed from the earth, he was removed finally; that there was no hope of his revisiting it again, and that he could not be employed in the dark abode of departed spirits in the cheerful and happy manner in which he might be in this world of light. This idea is expressed, also, in a most tender manner by the Psalmist:
Wilt thou show wonders to the dead?
Shall the dead arise and praise thee?
Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave?
Or thy faithfulness in destruction?
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark?
And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
–Psalms 88:10-12.
And the same feelings were evinced by Hezekiah, the pious king of Israel:
For Sheol cannot praise thee;
Death cannot celebrate thee;
They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day;
The father to the children shall make known thy faithfulness.
Isaiah 38:18-19.
All these gloomy and desponding views arose from the imperfect conception which they had of the future world. It was to them a world of dense and gloomy shades - a world of night - of conscious existence indeed - but still far away from light, and from the comforts which people enjoyed on the earth. We are to remember that the revelations then made were very few and obscure; and we should deem it a matter of inestimable favor that we have a better hope, and have far more just and clear views of the employments of the future world. Yet probably our views of that world, with all the light which we have, are much further from the reality than the views of the patriarchs were from those which we are permitted to cherish. Such as they are, however, they are fitted to elevate and cheer the soul. We shall not, indeed, live again on the earth, but we shall enter a world of light and glory, compared with which all that is glorious here shall fade away. Not far distant is that blessed world; and in our trials we may look to it not with dread, as Job did to the land of shades, but with triumph and joy.
Will not cease - Will not fail, or be missing. It will spring up and live.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 14:7. For there is hope of a tree — We must not, says Calmet, understand this of an old tree, the stem and roots of which are dried up and rotted: but there are some trees which grow from cuttings, and some which, though pulled out of the earth, and having had their roots dried and withered by long exposure to the sun and wind, will, on being replanted, take root and resume their verdure. There are also certain trees, the fibres of which are so solid, that if after several years they be steeped in water, they resume their vigour, the tubes dilate, and the blossoms or flowers which were attached to them expand; as I have often witnessed in what is called the rose of Jericho. There are few trees which will not send forth new shoots, when the stock is cut down level with the earth.
