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Job 14

Job 14:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For there is
yesh (Hebrew #3426)
entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (1961); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
KJV usage: (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
Pronounce: yaysh
Origin: perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist
hope
tiqvah (Hebrew #8615)
literally, a cord (as an attachment (compare 6961)); figuratively, expectancy
KJV usage: expectation ((-ted)), hope, live, thing that I long for.
Pronounce: tik-vaw'
Origin: from 6960
of a tree
`ets (Hebrew #6086)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
KJV usage: + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
Pronounce: ates
Origin: from 6095
, if it be cut down
karath (Hebrew #3772)
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
KJV usage: be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.
Pronounce: kaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
, that it will sprout again
chalaph (Hebrew #2498)
properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
KJV usage: abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.
Pronounce: khaw-laf'
Origin: a primitive root
, and that the tender branch
yowneqeth (Hebrew #3127)
a sprout
KJV usage: (tender) branch, young twig.
Pronounce: yo-neh'-keth
Origin: feminine of 3126
thereof will not cease
chadal (Hebrew #2308)
properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
KJV usage: cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.
Pronounce: khaw-dal'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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that it will sprout.
Job 14:14• 14(If a man die, shall he live again?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come: (Job 14:14)
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Job 19:10• 10He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree. (Job 19:10)
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Isa. 11:1• 1And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall be fruitful; (Isa. 11:1)
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Isa. 27:6• 6In the future Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and bud, and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit. (Isa. 27:6)
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Dan. 4:15,23‑25• 15Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be bathed with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth.
 23And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from the heavens, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be bathed with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him:
 24this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which cometh upon my lord the king:
 25They shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and thou shalt be bathed with the dew of heaven; and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. (Dan. 4:15,23‑25)
• {v.7-10} Job expresses the hopelessness of man by contrast with the rejuvenation of trees which, though cut down, send up fresh shoots from their roots. But it is not so with man; he breathes his last, and where is he? (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;