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Its roots in the ground may be old.
    The part of the tree that remains may be nearly dead.
But if only a little water comes near to it,
    it will start to grow again.
It will make new branches,
    like a young plant.
10 But when people lose their strength and they die,
    that is the end.
    After they die, where do they go?

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Its roots may grow old in the ground
    and its stump(A) die in the soil,
yet at the scent of water(B) it will bud
    and put forth shoots like a plant.(C)
10 But a man dies and is laid low;(D)
    he breathes his last and is no more.(E)

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