For there is hope of a tree - This pa age, extending to Job 14:12, is one of exquisite beauty. Its object is to state reasons why man should…

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will
sprout again

That is, …

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…

After stating his opinion, Job proceeds to clarify it. First, he shows that as things appear in this life, man is in a worse condition than even we…