Job 14:7-12

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁷ There is hope for a tree when it is cut down.
It will sprout again.
Its shoots will not stop sprouting.
⁸ If its roots grow old in the ground
and its stump dies in the soil,
⁹ merely a scent of water will make it sprout
and grow branches like a plant.
¹⁰ But a human dies and is powerless.
A person breathes his last breath, and where is he?
¹¹ ⌞As⌟ water drains out of a lake,
or ⌞as⌟ a river dries up completely,
¹² so each person lies down
and does not rise until the heavens cease to exist.
He does not wake up.
He is not awakened from his sleep.