What does Job 14:8 mean?

Job 14:8 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Job 14:8 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

6Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

7For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

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

9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

10But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

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