Job 14:8-10

Job 14:8-10 King James Version (KJV)

8 Though 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.

10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?



Job 14:8-10 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)



8 If its roots grow old in the ground

and its stump starts to die in the soil,

9 the scent of water makes it thrive

and produce twigs like a sapling.

10 But a person dies and fades away;

he breathes his last—where is he?



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8 When the roots grow old things tend to die, Job was clear that he didn’t want to live in the agony he was dealing with. We the stump dies a tree starts to rot and die. A tree often times has to have strong roots to live; we need strong roots thru the Lord to truly live.



9 Water is healing, Jesus is the living water and thru Him we are renwed to life, just as this tree kept living. Just as water is good for the tree and bodies the Lord is good for both our body and soul and by Him we have life that never ends.



10 Job didn’t have the scriptures in his time, he followed God but didn’t know what was after life, we as Christians know that after life is judgment and are only hope is Jesus, with Him life truly never ends but begins at death.