Job 14 · Verse 15

Job 14:15

Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
Job 14:15, King James Version

Job 14:15 in other translations

BSBYou will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
WEBYou would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire for the work of your hands.
ASVThou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.
YLTThou dost call, and I--I answer Thee; To the work of Thy hands Thou hast desire.
DARBYThou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.
BBEAt the sound of your voice I would give an answer, and you would have a desire for the work of your hands.
WebsterThou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thy hands.

What does Job 14:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. namely, at the resurrection (Joh 5:28; Psa 17:15). have a desire to--literally, "become pale with anxious desire:" the same word is translated "sore longedst after" (Ge 31:30; Psa 84:2), implying the utter unlikelihood that God would leave in oblivion the "creature of His own hands so fearfully and wonderfully made." It is objected that if Job knew of a future retribution, he would make it the leading topic in solving the problem of the permitted afflictions of the righteous. But, (1) He did not intend to exceed the limits of what was clearly revealed; the doctrine was then in a vague form only; (2) The doctrine of God's moral government in this life, even independently of the future, needed vindication.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Thou shalt call - Thou shalt say There shall be time no longer: Awake, ye dead! and come to judgment! And I will answer thee - My dissolved frame shall be united at thy call; and body and soul shall be rejoined. Thou wilt have a desire - תכסף tichsoph, "Thou wilt pant with desire;" or, "Thou wilt yearn over the work of thy hands." God has subjected the creature to vanity, in hope; having determined the resurrection. Man is one of the noblest works of God. He has exhibited him as a master-piece of his creative skill, power, and goodness. Nothing less than the strongest call upon justice could have induced him thus to destroy the work of his hands. No wonder that he has an earnest desire towards it; and that although man dies, and is as water spilt upon the ground that cannot be gathered up again; yet doth he devise means that his banished be not expelled from him. Even God is represented as earnestly longing for the ultimate reviviscence of the sleeping dust. He cannot, he will not, forget the work of his hands.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 14:7-15

Though a tree is cut down, yet, in a moist situation, shoots come forth, and grow up as a newly planted tree. But when man is cut off by death, he is for ever removed from his place in this world. The life of man may fitly be compared to the waters of a land flood, which spread far, but soon dry up. All Job's expressions here show his belief in the great doctrine of the resurrection. Job's friends proving miserable…

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Job 14:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

תִּ֭קְרָאTik.ra'you will callH7121
וְאָנֹכִ֣יve.'a.no.Khiand IH595
אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ךָּ'e.'e.Ne.kaI will answer youH6030
לְֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖הle.ma.'a.Sehfor [the] work ofH4639
יָדֶ֣יךָya.Dei.khahands yourH3027
תִכְסֹֽף\׃tikh.Sofyou will longH3700

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 14:15

  • Job 13:22

    Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

  • Psalms 138:8

    The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

  • Job 7:21

    And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

  • Job 10:3

    Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

  • Job 10:8

    Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

  • 1 Peter 4:19

    Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

  • 1 John 2:28

    And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

  • Psalms 50:4-5

    He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:17

    Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
shalt call.
13:22; Ps 50:4,5; 1Th 4:17; 1Jo 2:28
thou wilt have.
7:21; 10:3,8; Ps 138:8; 1Pe 4:19

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Context

  • Job 14:14

    If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

  • Job 14:15

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

  • Job 14:16

    For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

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Job 14:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Aficionado á la obra de tus manos, llamarás, y yo te responderé.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu appellerais, et moi je te répondrais; ton désir serait tourné vers l’œuvre de tes mains;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Du würdest rufen, und ich würde dir antworten; du würdest dich sehnen nach dem Werke deiner Hände.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vocabis me, et ego respondebo tibi: operi manuum tuarum porriges dexteram.