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Job 14 — Sermon Preparation

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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Hebrew words / lemmas
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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.

Matthew Henry 4 Alexander MacLaren 2 Spurgeon 2 John Wesley 1

“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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