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Job 14:8
Job 14:8 is verse 8 of Job chapter 14, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
King James Version
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
World English Bible
Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground,
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Job 14:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
6 look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
7 For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
8 If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
9 at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.
10 But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Isaiah 26:19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
John 12:24Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
1 Corinthians 15:36You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.