Job 14:7

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again ,.... That is, if it be cut down to the root, and only the stump of the root is left in the ground, as the tree in Nebuchadnezzar's dream, Daniel 4:15 , yet the owner of it may entertain a hope that it is not utterly destroyed, but will bud out again; or "change" F19 יחליף "mutabit se", Drusius; "conditionem suam", Piscator. its state and condition, and become flourishing again: or "renew" F20 "Renovat se", Schmidt. itself; and its strength, and put out new shoots and branches; either it will rise up into a new body, as the laurel, as Pliny F21 Nat. Hist. apud Pinedam in loc. relates, or produce new sprouts as the willow, alder tree, and others; for this is not true of every tree, though it may be of many; for it is F23 Servius in Virgil. Aeneid. l. 3. p. 681. Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 16. c. 33. reported of the cypress tree, when cut down, it never sprouts out any more, unless in one place, in Aenaria; but since this is the case of some, it is sufficient to Job's purpose:

and that the tender branch thereof will not cease ; from shooting out; or "its suckers will not cease" F24 יונקתו "sugensque ejus surculus", Schultens. ; which may be observed frequently to grow out of the roots of trees, even of those that are cut down, such as above mentioned.