Job 14:15

"If a man dies, will he live again? I would wait all the days of my warfare, until my release should come."

Key Reflection

In Job 14:15, the question "If a man dies, will he live again?" expresses a deep longing for immortality, reflecting Job's desire to avoid the finality of death. The statement that one would wait through days of warfare until release suggests a profound hope for deliverance, hinting at the spiritual yearning for resurrection and renewal in the face of mortality.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee -This is language taken from courts of justice. It refers, probably, not to a future time, but to the present. “Call thou now, and I will respond.” It expresses a desire to come at once to trial; to have the matter adjusted before he should leave the world. He could not bear the idea of going out of the world under the imputations which were lying on him, and he asked for an opportunity to vindicate himself before his Maker; compare the notes atJob 9:16. Thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands -To me, one of thy creatures.

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