If a person dies, will he live again?\par I would wait as long as I must\par until I could be set free.\par
Job 14:7 - Easy To Read Version “There is hope for a tree.\par If it is cut down, it can grow again.\par It will keep sending out new branches.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down, that it will sprout again and that the tender shoots of it will not cease. [But there is no such hope for man.] American Standard Version (1901) For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Common English Bible Indeed there is hope for a tree. If it’s cut down and still sprouting and its shoots don’t fail, Catholic Public Domain Version A tree has hope: if it has been cut, it turns green again, and its branches spring forth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A tree hath hope. If it be cut, it groweth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout. |
If a person dies, will he live again?\par I would wait as long as I must\par until I could be set free.\par
So God, stop watching us.\par Leave us alone.\par Let us enjoy our hard life\par until our time is finished.\par
Its roots might grow old in the ground\par and its stump die in the dirt,\par
God hits me from every side\par until I am finished.\par He takes away my hope\par like a tree pulled up by the roots.\par
A small tree (child) will begin to grow from the stump (family) of Jesse. {\cf2\super [133]} That branch will grow from Jesse’s roots.
People will come \{to me\}.\par Those people will help Jacob \{to be strong\}\par like a plant with good roots.\par Those people will cause Israel to grow\par like a plant beginning to bloom.\par Then the land will be filled\par with \{the children of Israel\}\par like fruit from plants.”\par
But a tenth of the people will be allowed to stay in the land. These people will return \{to the Lord\} even though they were to be destroyed. These people will be like an oak tree. When the tree is chopped down, a stump is left. This stump (the people remaining) is a very special seed.
The leaves of the tree were beautiful. It had much good fruit on it. And on the tree was plenty of food for everyone. The wild animals found shelter under the tree. And the birds lived in its branches. Every animal ate from the tree.
But let the stump and roots stay in the ground. Put a band of iron and bronze around it. The stump and roots will stay in the field with the grass all around it. It will live among the wild animals and plants in the fields. It will become wet with dew. {\cf2\super [44]}