“For there is hope for a tree,
When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And its shoots will not [a]fail.
Though its roots grow old in the ground,
And its stump dies in the dry soil,
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.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:7 Or cease
  2. Job 14:11 Lit disappears
  3. Job 14:12 Lit They
  4. Job 14:12 Lit their

“At least there is hope for a tree:(A)
    If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
    and its new shoots(B) will not fail.(C)
Its roots may grow old in the ground
    and its stump(D) die in the soil,
yet at the scent of water(E) it will bud
    and put forth shoots like a plant.(F)
10 But a man dies and is laid low;(G)
    he breathes his last and is no more.(H)
11 As the water of a lake dries up
    or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,(I)
12 so he lies down and does not rise;(J)
    till the heavens are no more,(K) people will not awake
    or be roused from their sleep.(L)

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