7
“For there is hope for a tree,
When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And its shoots will not (a)fail.
8
“Though its roots grow old in the ground
And its stump dies in the dry soil,
9
At the scent of water it will flourish
And put forth sprigs like a plant.

Footnotes:

a. Job 14:7: ['Or ', cease]

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