World English Bible
Job 14:8
“Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground,”
Verse in context — Job 14
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Look away from him, that he may rest, until he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
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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.
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Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground,
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yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.
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But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
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