Job 14:7-12

New King James 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 branches like a plant.
¹⁰ But man dies and ^[a]is laid away;
Indeed he ^[b]breathes his last
And where is ^(A)he?
¹¹ As water disappears from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dries up,
¹² So man lies down and does not rise.
^(B)Till the heavens are no more,
They will not awake
Nor be roused from their sleep.