Bible verse
If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
Job 14:8 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 14.
4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
5 Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
6 look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
7 For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
8 If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
9 at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.
10 But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
11 As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,
12 so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.
KJV
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
ASV
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;
ERV
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
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