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.
Cross-reference
Job 14:5 states that God has fixed each person's days, underscoring the certainty of death while Job waits for his change.
Job 14:7 gives the tree analogy that Job contrasts: a tree can sprout again, but man's death seems final.
In Job 14:20, Job describes death as being overpowered and sent away, contrasting his earlier hope for renewal.
In Job 19:26, Job affirms he will see God in his flesh, expanding on the resurrection hope from 19:25.
Job 7:1 introduces life as hard service, the same term Job uses in 14:14 when saying he will wait until his change.
In Job 13:15, Job declares trust even if slain—this is the same confident hope that underpins his waiting for change after death.
In Job 19:25, Job declares his Redeemer lives, directly answering the question of living again with confident hope.
In Job 4:20, Eliphaz says the wicked perish forever without hope—this contrasts sharply with Job’s own hope of living again after death.
In Job 17:13, Job's hope is only the grave, contrasting his earlier longing for renewal after death.
Job 16:22 states death is the way of no return, contrasting the hope in Job 14:14 that he might live again.
Job 42:16 shows Job living 140 years after restoration, a partial answer to his waiting—though not the resurrection he questioned.
Revelation 20:13 answers Job's question about life after death by describing the resurrection of the dead at the final judgment.
In 1 Thessalonians 4:14-16, Paul assures that the dead in Christ will rise first, confirming Job's hope of living again.
In Philippians 3:21, Christ transforms our lowly body to be like His glorious body—the same bodily change Job anticipated when he said 'till my change comes'.
In 1 Corinthians 15:52, the change occurs at the last trumpet when the dead are raised—the timing and mechanism of the resurrection Job hoped for.
In 1 Corinthians 15:51, Paul reveals a mystery: believers will all be changed—this directly answers Job’s longing for transformation beyond death.
In 1 Corinthians 15:42-44, Paul describes the transformation from perishable to imperishable — the 'change' Job awaited.
In Acts 26:8, Paul asks why resurrection seems incredible, challenging the same doubt underlying Job's rhetorical question.
In John 5:28, Jesus declares all in graves will hear His voice and come forth — a direct answer to Job's hope.
In Matthew 22:29-32, Jesus uses the burning bush to prove God is God of the living, affirming resurrection — answering Job.
In Luke 7:14, Jesus raises a dead man, demonstrating the power to bring life after death that Job wondered about.
In John 5:29, the two resurrections — life and judgment — add moral dimension to the resurrection hope Job wondered about.
In Ezekiel 37:1-14, God revives dry bones, demonstrating the power to bring life from death — an answer to Job's question.
Psalm 16:9 expresses confidence in God's protection from death, offering a hopeful answer to Job's question about living again.
James 5:7 urges patience like a farmer waiting for harvest, a metaphor that parallels Job's patient waiting for his change.
In James 5:8, patient waiting is likewise commanded—believers are to establish their hearts for the Lord's coming, mirroring Job's hope for his change.
Lamentations 3:26 encourages quiet hope for the Lord's salvation; Job's waiting is more for personal relief than divine salvation.
Lamentations 3:25 affirms God's goodness to those who wait for Him; Job's waiting lacks such explicit trust in God's goodness.
Psalm 40:1 describes patient waiting on the Lord with a positive outcome, contrasting with Job's uncertain waiting for his change.
Psalm 27:14 exhorts waiting on the Lord using the same Hebrew verb (qavah) as Job's 'I will wait', but Job's hope is less clearly directed.
In 2 Samuel 14:14, death is like spilled water, yet God devises means to restore the banished—a parallel to Job’s hope that God can bring life after death.