Job 14:6-8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 “For there is hope for a tree,
if it is cut down, that it will sprout again
and that its shoots will not cease.
8 Though its root grows old in the earth
and its stump dies in the ground,
Footnotes
- 14.6 Cn: Heb that they may desist
Job 14:6-8
Common English Bible
6 Look away from us that we may rest,
until we are satisfied like a worker at day’s end.
Trees versus humans
7 Indeed there is hope for a tree.
If it’s cut down and still sprouting
and its shoots don’t fail,
8 if its roots age in the ground
and its stump dies in the dust,
Job 14:6-8
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