Does Job 14:14’s question “If someone dies, will they live again?” indicate uncertainty about resurrection, challenging other parts of the Bible that teach it? When Job 14:12 says the dead 'do not rise,' does this contradict later scriptures affirming an immediate afterlife or resurrection?

“At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

and put forth shoots like a plant. he breathes his last and is no more. or be roused from their sleep. and conceal me till your anger has passed! and then remember me! 14 If someone dies, will they live again? I will wait for my renewal[a] to come. you will long for the creature your hands have made. but not keep track of my sin.

Encouraging and challenging you to seek intimacy with God every day. “At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

Job 14:7 “For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.” King James Version (KJV)

Job 14:7 In-Context 5 A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed. 6 So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. “For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender shoots will not cease.

For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail. Is There a Life Beyond the Grave? If the tree be cut down, it springs again; but if man dieth, he wasteth away. Certainly, then, man's hope is not in this life.

“At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant. But a man dies and is …