Job 14:8
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 14 connects to 3 cross-references. Job meditates on the brevity and inevitability of human mortality, comparing human life to a flower cut down. He muses wistfully that if a tree is cut down it sprouts again, but a man lies down and does not rise. …
Other Translations
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;
If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust,
Though its root may be old in the earth, and its cut-off end may be dead in the dust;
Cross References
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in …
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: …
Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: