“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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Job 14:7 in context
Job 14:4–10
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Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
Not one.
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Seeing his days are determined,
the number of his months is with you,
and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass.
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Look away from him, that he may rest,
until he accomplishes, as a hireling, his day.
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Selected verse
“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 sprout 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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