The Meaning of Job 14:15 Explained

Job 14:15

KJV: Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

YLT: Thou dost call, and I -- I answer Thee; To the work of Thy hands Thou hast desire.

Darby: Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.

ASV: Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 14:15?

MEANING: What does Job 14:15 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 14:15 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 14:15?

What is the context of Job 14:15?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

What does Job 14:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 14:1-22 - Shall Man Live Again?

Continuing his appeal, Job looks from his own case to the condition of mankind generally, Job 14:1-6. All men are frail and full of trouble, Job 14:12; why should God bring a creature so weak into judgment with Him? Job 14:3. The sinfulness of man is universal-not one can be proved clean before God, Job 14:4. Since man is so frail Job pleads that he may not have such unwonted affliction, but may get some pleasure, Job 14:6, r.v., out of his brief day.

The anticipation of death as total extinction strengthens Job's appeal, Job 14:7-12. Of a tree there is hope that, if cut down, it will sprout again, Job 14:7-9. But at present Job sees no such hope for man. He dies, and is done with, as waters "fail from the sea," Job 14:10-12. This is a gloomy, despairing thought, and one against which the mind rebels as soon as uttered. Against the belief that death is the end of all things every man's better nature revolts. Hence the picture of another life beyond the present immediately rises to Job, Job 14:13-15. It may be only a yearning desire, for Job still asks the question, Job 14:14. Yet this desire, as that for a Daysman, Job 9:32-34, both suggested by the heart's despair, is equally answered by the gospel.

The hope for a future life is made stronger by the apparent injustices that exist now, Job 14:16-22. God's treatment of Job appears to be so severe that Job must perish under His hand, Job 14:18-22. A future life is surely necessary to remedy the inequalities of the present. Evidently this is not the place and time of judgment. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 14

¹ Job entreats God for favor, by the shortness of life, and certainty of death
⁷ He waits for his change
¹⁶ By sin the creature is subject to corruption

What do the individual words in Job 14:15 mean?

You shall call and I will answer You the work of Your hands You shall desire

תִּ֭קְרָא וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ךָּ לְֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ תִכְסֹֽף

תִּ֭קְרָא	You shall call
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular Root: קָרָא Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
וְאָנֹכִ֣י	and I
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, first person common singular Root: אָנׄכִי Sense: I (first pers.
אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ךָּ	will answer You
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular, second person masculine singular Root: לְעַנּׄות Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout.
לְֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה	the work
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: מַעֲשֶׂה Sense: deed, work.
יָדֶ֣יךָ	of Your hands
Parse: Noun, fdc, second person masculine singular Root: יָד Sense: hand.
תִכְסֹֽף	You shall desire
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular Root: כָּסַף Sense: to long for, yearn for, long after.

What are the major concepts related to Job 14:15?

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