“For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.
Job 14:8 - Revised Standard Version Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stump die in the ground, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Though its roots grow old in the earth and its stock dies in the ground, American Standard Version (1901) Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground; Common English Bible if its roots age in the ground and its stump dies in the dust, Catholic Public Domain Version If its roots grow old in the earth, and its trunk passes into dust, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If its root be old in the earth, and its stock be dead in the dust: |
“For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.
yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth branches like a young plant.
Thy dead shall live, their bodies shall rise. O dwellers in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For thy dew is a dew of light, and on the land of the shades thou wilt let it fall.
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.