Passage Research
Job 14 — Sermon Preparation
Job meditates on the brief and troubled span of human life, lamenting that when a person dies he does not rise again as a felled tree can. Below is a research summary for Job 14, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Job 14 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מַיִם | mayim | H4325 | 3 | water, juice |
| תִּקְוָה | tiqvâh | H8615 | 2 | cord, attachment |
| מוּת | mûwth | H4191 | 3 | die, kill |
| חָדַל | châdal | H2308 | 2 | be flabby, desist |
| גֶּבֶר | geber | H1397 | 2 | valiant, warrior |
| עָפָר | ʻâphâr | H6083 | 2 | dust, clay |
| חֹק | chôq | H2706 | 2 | enactment, appointment |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Job 14, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Job's faith and hope spake, and grace appeared to revive; but depravity again prevailed. He represents God as carrying matters to extremity against him. The Lord must prevail against all who contend with him. God may send disease and pain, we may lose all comfort in those near and dear to us, every hope of earthly happiness may be destroyed, but God will receive the believer into realms of eternal happiness. But what a change awaits the prosperous unbeliever! How will he answer when God shall call him to his tribunal? …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Job 14:16–30 (Public Domain)
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