Job 14:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 14:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 14:8 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 14:8 — KJV
“Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;”
— Job 14:8 (KJV)
Job 14:8 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 14:8
“Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.”
Shares key themes with Job 14:8: wax, old, earth
“And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.”
Shares key themes with Job 14:8: old, earth, die
“And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.”
Shares key themes with Job 14:8: old, earth, ground
“And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. all the storehouses: Heb. all wherein was”
Shares key themes with Job 14:8: wax, old, earth
“And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.”
Shares key themes with Job 14:8: thereof, old, earth
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