Job 14:7-12

Modern English Version

⁷ “For there is hope for a tree,
    if it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
    and that its tender shoots will not cease.
⁸ Though its root may grow old in the earth,
    and its stump may die in the ground,
⁹ yet at the scent of water it will bud
    and bring forth boughs like a plant.
¹⁰ But man dies and wastes away;
    yes, man gives up his breath, and where is he?
¹¹ As the waters disappear from the sea,
    and the flood shrivels and dries up,
¹² so man lies down and does not rise;
    until the heavens are no more, he will not awake,
    nor be raised out of his sleep.