Job 14:7-12

New American Standard Bible 1995

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 put forth sprigs like a plant.
¹⁰ “But ^(A)man dies and lies prostrate.
Man ^(B)expires, and where is he?
¹¹ “As ^(C)water ^[b]evaporates from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dried up,
¹² So ^(D)man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens are no longer,
^[c]He will not awake nor be aroused out of ^[d]his sleep.