Job 14:7-12

New American Standard Bible

⁷ “For there is hope for a tree,
When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And its shoots will not ^[a]fail.
⁸ Though its roots grow old in the ground,
And its stump dies in the dry soil,
⁹ At the scent of water it will flourish
And produce sprigs like a plant.
¹⁰ But ^(A)a man dies and lies prostrate.
A person ^(B)passes away, and where is he?
¹¹ As ^(C)water ^[b]evaporates from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dried up,
¹² So ^(D)a man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens no longer exist,
^[c]He will not awake nor be woken from ^[d]his sleep.