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Job 14:8

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Job 14:8 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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Job 14:8 (World English Bible). Public Domain. Lemma interlinear Bible study tool, https://lemma.gebible.app/v/job/14/8.

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Though the root of it grows old in the earth, And the stock of it dies in the ground;
World English Bible · Public Domain
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Though the root of it grows old in the earth, And the stock of it dies in the ground;
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    Though its root grows old in the earth and its stump dies in the ground,

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Though the root of it grows old in the earth, And the stock of it dies in the ground;
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    Though the roote of it waxe olde in the earth, and the stocke thereof be dead in ye ground,
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    If its root be old in the earth, and its stock be dead in the dust:
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust,
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    If its root becomes old in the earth, || And its stem dies in the dust,
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground,
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    Though its root grows old in the earth and its stump dies in the ground,
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground,
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    Though its root shall become old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground;
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    Even though its roots grow old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground,
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    Though its root may be old in the earth, and its cut-off end may be dead in the dust;
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

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Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is גִּזְעֽוֹ trunk H1503 — appearing just 3 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

First appearance in Scripture

This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:

  • גִּזְעֽוֹ trunk H1503

Shared distinctive vocabulary

גִּזְעֽוֹ trunk H1503 occurs in 3 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 2 verbs
  • 4 nouns
  • 1 conjunction

Verb forms

  • יַזְקִ֣ין Hiphil · Imperfect
  • יָמ֥וּת Qal · Imperfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 19 words from the Hebrew and 17 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

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Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

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Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Job 14:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:36 You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.
  • Isaiah 26:19 Your dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
  • John 12:24 Most assuredly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Job 14:8 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

אִם יַזְקִ֣ין בָּאָ֣רֶץ שָׁרְשׁ֑וֹ וּ֝בֶעָפָ֗ר יָמ֥וּת גִּזְעֽוֹ

Though the root of it grows old in the earth, And the stock of it dies in the ground;

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Job 14:8 Septuagint · lemma form

ἐάν γάρ γηράω ἐν γῆ ὁ ῥίζα αὐτός ἐν δέ πέτρα τελευτάω ὁ στέλεχος αὐτός

For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on Job 14:8 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Job 14:8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

Ver. 8. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth] And so the more unlikely to shoot forth again. Trees also have their old age wherein they decay.

And the stock thereof die in the ground] Heb. In the dust, as it needs must, when, cut off from the root, it lieth along on the earth. It was by a miracle that Aaron’s rod flourished: not only all the plants of God’s setting, but the very boughs cut off from the body of them, shall flourish and be fruitful.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth,.... Lies long there, and is become dry, and seems to be consumed, on which account there may be the less hope of its flourishing:

and the stock thereof die in the ground; which may make it still more improbable; for this is not to be understood with some interpreters (y) of the stock or trunk of the tree cut down, and lying along on the earth, and in the dust of it; though it may be observed, that even such a stock or trunk, separated from the root, and as it lies along, will sprout again, as particularly in elms: but it may rather mean, since it is said to be "in the ground", that part of the stock or stump left in the ground, from whence the roots part and spread in the earth; and even though this dies, or at least so seems, yet there being still life and vigour in the roots, they send forth suckers.

(y) So Piscator and Cocceius.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Though the root thereof wax old - Though life becomes almost extinct. The idea is, though the root of the tree be very old, yet it does not become wholly lifeless. It is not like an old man, when life goes out altogether. In the very aged root there will be vitality still; but not so in man.

Though the stock thereof - The stump - literally that which is cut off - גזעוּ geza‛ô. The meaning is, that when the trunk of the tree is cut down and dies altogether, life remains in the root; but when man fails, life is wholly extinct.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Dust. After being even exposed to the air, for a long time, some branches will take root, like the rose of Jericho, the willow, &c.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

Wax old; begin to wither and decay.

And the stock die, to wit, in outward appearance.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

8. Though — If. The poet supposes another case: that the tree, instead of being cut down, grows old and dies.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Vers. 8, 9. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. After the stump is actually dead, suckers may be thrown up from the roots, if sufficient water be supplied to them; and these will put forth branches luxuriantly.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Die - To outward appearance.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

Lesson kit

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Job, in the Wisdom, opens this verse with 7 words (7 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is gezaʻ (“trunk”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “trunk” (gezaʻ) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. The word “trunk” first appears here in Scripture. What is being introduced at this debut?
  3. Isaiah 11:1 shares the word «trunk» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  4. These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
  5. The verb «יַזְקִ֣ין» is Hiphil Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
  6. Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and John Gill's Exposition read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

  • 1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
  • These translations choose different wording for 7 words in this verse.
  • 7 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 7 words in this verse.

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