Job 14:7-9

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There is hope for a tree:
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its shoots will not die.

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If its roots grow old in the ground
and its stump starts to die in the soil,

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the smell of water makes it thrive
and produce twigs like a sapling.^(A)

A. Job 14:9: Job 29:19; Psalm 1:3; Jeremiah 17:8