Job 14:8 Meaning and Explanation
“Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;”
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Read Full Chapter →Even when a tree's root grows old and its stump seems dead in the soil, life is not necessarily over.
What Does Job 14:8 Mean?
Job continues the picture of the tree, granting the hardest case. Suppose the root has aged underground and the stump appears wholly dead, buried and lifeless in the dust. He is building toward a single point of wonder about what lies hidden where no eye can see.
There is gentleness in the way Job lets the tree die slowly before raising his question. He knows that some things look utterly finished and yet are not. Where human sight sees only a dead stump in the ground, God sees what He intends to do. The chapter is quietly preparing the reader to hope in a God for whom no buried thing is beyond reviving.
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What does Job 14:8 mean?
Even when a tree's root grows old and its stump seems dead in the soil, life is not necessarily over.