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All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/14.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Can the dead live again? If so, this would give me hope through all my years of struggle, and I would eagerly await the release of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, till my renewal should come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />If a man die, shall he live <i>again</i>? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />If a man dies, shall he live <i>again?</i> All the days of my hard service I will wait, Till my change comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“If a man dies, will he live <i>again?</i> All the days of my struggle I will wait Until my relief comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my struggle I will wait Until my change comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“If a man dies, will he live <i>again?</i> All the days of my struggle I will wait, Until my change comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />If a man dies, will he live <i>again</i>? All the days of my labor I will wait Until my change comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“If a man dies, will he live again? I will wait all the days of my struggle Until my change <i>and</i> release will come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When a person dies, will he come back to life? If so, I would wait all the days of my struggle until my relief comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When a man dies, will he come back to life? If so, I would wait all the days of my struggle until my relief comes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Will we humans live again? I would gladly suffer and wait for my time. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my warfare would I wait, till my release should come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"If a person dies, will he go on living? I will wait for my relief to come as long as my hard labor continues.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If a man dies, can he come back to life? But I will wait for better times, wait till this time of trouble is ended. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />If a human being dies, will he live again? I will endure the entire time of my assigned service, until I am changed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, until my release should come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If a man dieth, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change shall come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If a man dies, will he live again? I would wait all the days of my warfare, until my release should come. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />If a man dies—does he revive? All [the] days of my warfare I wait, until my change comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> If a man dieth -- doth he revive? All days of my warfare I wait, till my change come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If a man die, shall he live? All the days of my warfare I will wait till the coming of my change.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, live again? all the days in which I am now in warfare, I expect until my change come. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Do you suppose that a dead man will live again? On each of the days in which I now battle, I wait until my transformation occurs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If a man were to die, and live again, all the days of my drudgery I would wait for my relief to come. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If mortals die, will they live again? All the days of my service I would wait until my release should come.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of his youth he waits till old age comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />If a man dies does he live? And all the days of his youth he waits until his old age comes<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />If a man die, may he live again? All the days of my service would I wait, till my relief should come--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For if a man should die, shall he live <i>again</i>, having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/14-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2184" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/14.htm">Job Laments the Finality of Death</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me! <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">When</a> <a href="/hebrew/1397.htm" title="1397: ge·ḇer (N-ms) -- Man. From gabar; properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply.">a man</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: yā·mūṯ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">dies,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: hă·yiḥ·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">will he live again?</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">All</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yə·mê (N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">the days</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’î (N-csc:: 1cs) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of my hard service</a> <a href="/hebrew/3176.htm" title="3176: ’ă·ya·ḥêl (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs) -- To wait, await. A primitive root; to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope.">I will wait,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">until</a> <a href="/hebrew/2487.htm" title="2487: ḥă·lî·p̄ā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- A change. From chalaph; alternation.">my renewal</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bō·w (V-Qal-Inf) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">comes.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-12.htm">1 Corinthians 15:12-22</a></span><br />But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? / If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. / And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25-26</a></span><br />Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. / And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2</a></span><br />And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-13.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:13-14</a></span><br />Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope. / For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-28.htm">John 5:28-29</a></span><br />Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice / and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a></span><br />Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-5.htm">Romans 6:5</a></span><br />For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-1.htm">2 Corinthians 5:1-4</a></span><br />For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. / For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, / because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/20-12.htm">Revelation 20:12-13</a></span><br />And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. / The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-12.htm">Ezekiel 37:12-14</a></span><br />Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. / Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. / I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-20.htm">Philippians 3:20-21</a></span><br />But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, / who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-31.htm">Matthew 22:31-32</a></span><br />But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you: / ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-14.htm">Hosea 13:14</a></span><br />I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/20-37.htm">Luke 20:37-38</a></span><br />Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ / He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/24-15.htm">Acts 24:15</a></span><br />and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.</p><p class="hdg">shall he live</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/19-25.htm">Job 19:25,26</a></b></br> For I know <i>that</i> my redeemer liveth, and <i>that</i> he shall stand at the latter <i>day</i> upon the earth: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/37-1.htm">Ezekiel 37:1-14</a></b></br> The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which <i>was</i> full of bones, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/22-29.htm">Matthew 22:29-32</a></b></br> Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God… </p><p class="hdg">all the days</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/14-5.htm">Job 14:5</a></b></br> Seeing his days <i>are</i> determined, the number of his months <i>are</i> with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/7-1.htm">Job 7:1</a></b></br> <i>Is there</i> not an appointed time to man upon earth? <i>are not</i> his days also like the days of an hireling?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/42-16.htm">Job 42:16</a></b></br> After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, <i>even</i> four generations.</p><p class="hdg">will I wait</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/13-15.htm">Job 13:15</a></b></br> Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/15-51.htm">1 Corinthians 15:51,52</a></b></br> Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/philippians/3-21.htm">Philippians 3:21</a></b></br> Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/14-5.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/job/14-7.htm">Change</a> <a href="/job/14-10.htm">Death</a> <a href="/job/14-8.htm">Die</a> <a href="/job/14-10.htm">Dies</a> <a href="/job/14-10.htm">Dieth</a> <a href="/job/13-25.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/esther/9-19.htm">Live</a> <a href="/job/12-14.htm">Release</a> <a href="/job/5-18.htm">Relief</a> <a href="/titus/3-5.htm">Renewal</a> <a href="/job/10-20.htm">Revive</a> <a href="/job/7-1.htm">Service</a> <a href="/job/9-29.htm">Struggle</a> <a href="/job/14-13.htm">Time</a> <a href="/job/14-1.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/job/13-15.htm">Wait</a> <a href="/job/6-19.htm">Waiting</a> <a href="/job/10-17.htm">Warfare</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/20-29.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/job/14-20.htm">Change</a> <a href="/job/14-20.htm">Death</a> <a href="/job/27-5.htm">Die</a> <a href="/job/21-23.htm">Dies</a> <a href="/job/21-23.htm">Dieth</a> <a href="/job/16-4.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/job/18-19.htm">Live</a> <a href="/psalms/25-15.htm">Release</a> <a href="/job/16-5.htm">Relief</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-10.htm">Renewal</a> <a href="/psalms/41-2.htm">Revive</a> <a href="/psalms/104-14.htm">Service</a> <a href="/job/41-8.htm">Struggle</a> <a href="/job/15-4.htm">Time</a> <a href="/job/15-23.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/job/14-16.htm">Wait</a> <a href="/job/17-13.htm">Waiting</a> <a href="/psalms/110-3.htm">Warfare</a><div class="vheading2">Job 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/14-1.htm">Job entreats God for favor, by the shortness of life, and certainty of death</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/14-7.htm">He waits for his change</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/14-16.htm">By sin the creature is subject to corruption</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When a man dies, will he live again?</b><br>This question reflects the deep existential inquiry about life after death. In the context of Job, who is suffering immensely, it highlights the human struggle with mortality and the hope for resurrection. The question is rhetorical, suggesting doubt but also a yearning for assurance. In the broader biblical narrative, this question is addressed in passages like <a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2</a> and <a href="/1_corinthians/15-20.htm">1 Corinthians 15:20-22</a>, which affirm the resurrection. The cultural context of the ancient Near East often viewed death as a finality, making Job's question particularly poignant.<p><b>All the days of my hard service</b><br>Job refers to his life as "hard service," indicating toil and suffering. This metaphor likens life to a soldier's or servant's duty, emphasizing endurance and perseverance. The historical context of Job's life, likely set in the patriarchal period, was one of hardship and survival, where life was often seen as laborious. This phrase resonates with the human condition and the biblical theme of life as a temporary struggle, as seen in <a href="/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalm 90:10</a>.<p><b>I will wait</b><br>The act of waiting implies hope and patience. Job's statement reflects a deep trust in God's timing and justice, despite his current suffering. This waiting is not passive but active, filled with expectation. Biblically, waiting on the Lord is a recurring theme, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/40-31.htm">Isaiah 40:31</a>, where it is associated with renewed strength. Job's waiting is a testament to his faith, even when answers are not immediately forthcoming.<p><b>until my renewal comes</b><br>The term "renewal" suggests restoration and transformation. In the context of Job, it implies a hope for vindication and a return to a state of favor with God. This concept is echoed in the New Testament, where renewal is associated with resurrection and eternal life, as in <a href="/romans/8-23.htm">Romans 8:23</a>. Theologically, this points to the ultimate renewal found in Christ, who offers new life through His resurrection. Job's hope for renewal foreshadows the Christian hope of resurrection and eternal life.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, known for his immense suffering and unwavering faith.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived. It is often associated with the region east of Israel, possibly in Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_suffering.htm">Job's Suffering</a></b><br>The context of this verse is Job's lament over his suffering and the brevity of life. He is grappling with the reality of death and the hope of renewal.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_question_of_mortality.htm">The Question of Mortality</a></b><br>Job's question, "If a man dies, will he live again?" reflects a universal human concern about life after death. It invites believers to consider the Christian hope of resurrection through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/endurance_in_suffering.htm">Endurance in Suffering</a></b><br>Job speaks of waiting through "hard service," which can be seen as a metaphor for enduring life's trials with faith. Christians are encouraged to persevere, trusting in God's ultimate plan for renewal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_renewal.htm">Hope in Renewal</a></b><br>The term "renewal" (Hebrew: chalipah) suggests a change or transformation. This points to the Christian hope of transformation through Christ, both in this life and the next.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_timing.htm">Faith in God's Timing</a></b><br>Job's willingness to wait "all the days" teaches believers about patience and trust in God's timing for deliverance and renewal.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_14_14_doubt_resurrection.htm">Does Job 14:14’s question “If someone dies, will they live again?” indicate uncertainty about resurrection, challenging other parts of the Bible that teach it? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_we_fear_death_and_dying.htm">Why do we fear death and dying?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_14_12_contradict_resurrection.htm">When Job 14:12 says the dead 'do not rise,' does this contradict later scriptures affirming an immediate afterlife or resurrection?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_all_sin_(rom_3_23_vs._job_1_1).htm">Does everyone sin? (Romans 3:23 vs. Job 1:1)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) I<span class= "bld">f a man die, shall he live again</span>?--Why ask the question if it were absolutely certain that he would not? "All the days of my warfare--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>as long as I live--I will hope, till my change or transition from life to death comes, that Thou shalt call and I shall answer Thee, that Thou wilt long for the work of Thine hands."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If a man die, shall he live again?</span> The question is clearly intended to be answered in the negative. It is not a dispassionate inquiry, but an expression of hopelessness. Let a man once die, and of course he cannot live again. Were it otherwise, then, Job says, <span class="cmt_word">all the days of my appointed time will I wait;</span> or, rather (as in the Revised Version), <span class="accented">all the days of my warfare would</span> I <span class="accented">wait</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> I would patiently endure any sufferings in the larger hope that would then be open to me. <span class="cmt_word">I would wait till my change</span> (rather, <span class="accented">my renewal</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>come</span>. The exact nature of the 'renewal" which Job seems here to expect is obscure. Perhaps he is pursuing the idea, broached in ver. 13, of his being conveyed <span class="accented">alive</span> to Hades, and looks forward to a furthur renewed life after he is released from that "land of darkness." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/14-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a man</span><br /><span class="heb">גֶּ֗בֶר</span> <span class="translit">(ge·ḇer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1397.htm">Strong's 1397: </a> </span><span class="str2">A valiant man, warrior, a person simply</span><br /><br /><span class="word">dies,</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמ֥וּת</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mūṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To die, to kill</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will he live [again]?</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲיִ֫חְיֶ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(hă·yiḥ·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> </span><span class="str2">To live, to revive</span><br /><br /><span class="word">All</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the days</span><br /><span class="heb">יְמֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(yə·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of my hard service</span><br /><span class="heb">צְבָאִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·ḇā·’î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will wait,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲיַחֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ya·ḥêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3176.htm">Strong's 3176: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wait, to be patient, hope</span><br /><br /><span class="word">until</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my relief</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲלִיפָתִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·lî·p̄ā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2487.htm">Strong's 2487: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alternation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">comes.</span><br /><span class="heb">בּ֝֗וֹא</span> <span class="translit">(bō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/14-14.htm">Job 14:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/14-14.htm">Job 14:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/14-14.htm">Job 14:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/14-14.htm">Job 14:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/14-14.htm">Job 14:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/14-14.htm">Job 14:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/14-14.htm">Job 14:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/14-14.htm">Job 14:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/14-14.htm">Job 14:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/14-14.htm">Job 14:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/14-14.htm">OT Poetry: Job 14:14 If a man dies shall he live (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/14-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 14:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 14:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/14-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 14:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 14:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>