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Job 14:8

World English Bible

Though its root grows old in the earth,
and its stock dies in the ground,

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Job 14:8 in other translations

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;

Job 14:8 · American Standard Version

Job 14:8 in context

  1. 6Look away from him, that he may rest,
    until he accomplishes, as a hireling, his day.
  2. 7“For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down,
    that it will sprout again,
    that the tender branch of it will not cease.
  3. 8Though its root grows old in the earth,
    and its stock dies in the ground,
  4. 9yet through the scent of water it will bud,
    and sprout boughs like a plant.
  5. 10But man dies, and is laid low.
    Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?