Job 14:5-12
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Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
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Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
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¶ 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.
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Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
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Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
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But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
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As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
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So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Bible text: King James Version (1769 Blayney text) · Public domain