15 You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made.
15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
15 You would call, and I would answer you; you would long for the work of your hands.
15 Homesick with longing for the creature you made, you'll call - and I'll answer!
15 You shall call, and I will answer You; You shall desire the work of Your hands.
15 You would call and I would answer, and you would yearn for me, your handiwork.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 14:15
Commentary on Job 14:7-15
(Read Job 14:7-15)
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 for ever removed from his place in this world. The life of man may fitly be compared to the waters of a land flood, which spread far, but soon dry up. All Job's expressions here show his belief in the great doctrine of the resurrection. Job's friends proving miserable comforters, he pleases himself with the expectation of a change. If our sins are forgiven, and our hearts renewed to holiness, heaven will be the rest of our souls, while our bodies are hidden in the grave from the malice of our enemies, feeling no more pain from our corruptions, or our corrections.