But mortals die, and are laid low; humans expire, and where are they?
Job 14:9 - New Revised Standard Version yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth branches like a young plant. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And bring forth boughs like a plant. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet through the scent [and breathing] of water [the stump of the tree] will bud and bring forth boughs like a young plant. American Standard Version (1901) Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant. Common English Bible at the scent of water, it will bud and produce sprouts like a plant. Catholic Public Domain Version at the scent of water, it will sprout and bring forth leaves, as when it had first been planted. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version At the scent of water, it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as when it was first planted. |
But mortals die, and are laid low; humans expire, and where are they?
Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground,
Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard transplanted by the water, fruitful and full of branches from abundant water.
Its foliage was beautiful, its fruit abundant, and it provided food for all. The animals of the field found shade under it, the birds of the air nested in its branches, and from it all living beings were fed.