If a Man Dies, Will He Live Again?

Job 13:28-14:22

Key Verse 14:14

What is Job’s present condition? (1:13-19; 2:7-8)

Think about the life of a man in a physical body (13:28-14:2). In what respect is man’s life like: a) something rotten; b) a garment eaten by moths; c) a flower; and d) a fleeting shadow?

Read 14:3-6. Whom is Job talking to (or asking these questions)? What is Job’s point?

Compare the way of a tree described in verses 7-9 and the way of a man described in verses 10-12a. How are they different?

Read verse 12b. What does “awake” or “sleep” indicate about: a) the question Job asks in verse 14; and b) the nature of the life that is to come (if at all)? 

Read verses 13-17. In this passage the expression “I will” or “you will” is repeated. What do these expressions indicate about the kind of faith Job had in regard to the life to come (after physical death)? 

Read verses 18-22. Verse 19 mentions “man’s hope”. What does this passage tell us about “man’s hope”?