Verse 8
Job 14:8
World English Bible, British Edition
8
Though its root grows old in the earth,
and its stock dies in the ground,
Original Language Text
hebrew
אִם יַזְקִ֣ין בָּ/אָ֣רֶץ שָׁרְשׁ֑/וֹ וּ֝/בֶ/עָפָ֗ר יָמ֥וּת גִּזְעֽ/וֹ
English Translation
If he will grow old in the land of his roots, he will die in the dust.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 14 Context
1
“Man, who is born of a woman,
is of few days, and full of trouble.
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2
He grows up like a flower, and is cut down.
He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.
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3
Do you open your eyes on such a one,
and bring me into judgement with you?
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4
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
Not one.
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5
Seeing his days are determined,
the number of his months is with you,
and you have appointed his bou...
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6
Look away from him, that he may rest,
until he accomplishes, as a hireling, his day.
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7
“For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down,
that it will sprout again,
that the tender branch o...
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8
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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10
But man dies, and is laid low.
Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
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11
As the waters fail from the sea,
and the river wastes and dries up,
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12
so man lies down and doesn’t rise.
Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake,
nor be roused...
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13
“Oh that you would hide me in Sheol,
that you would keep me secret until your wrath is past,
that yo...
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14
If a man dies, will he live again?
I would wait all the days of my warfare,
until my release should...
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15
You would call, and I would answer you.
You would have a desire for the work of your hands.
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16
But now you count my steps.
Don’t you watch over my sin?
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17
My disobedience is sealed up in a bag.
You fasten up my iniquity.
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18
“But the mountain falling comes to nothing.
The rock is removed out of its place.
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19
The waters wear the stones.
The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth.
So you destroy the h...
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20
You forever prevail against him, and he departs.
You change his face, and send him away.
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21
His sons come to honour, and he doesn’t know it.
They are brought low, but he doesn’t perceive it of...
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22
But his flesh on him has pain,
and his soul within him mourns.”
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