Job 14:8
If its roots grow old in the earth, and its trunk passes into dust,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
In Context
7A tree has hope: if it has been cut, it turns green again, and its branches spring forth.
9at the scent of water, it will sprout and bring forth leaves, as when it had first been planted.
Cross References
John 12:24Amen, amen, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,
Matthew Henry on Job 14:8-16
Death Anticipated. ( b. c. 1520.) 7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: 12 So man lieth down, and… Read the whole commentary →