Job 14:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.”
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“For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For there is of a tree hope, if it be cut down, That again it doth change, That its tender branch doth not cease.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 14:7 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 14:14When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
- Job 19:10He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.
- Isaiah 6:13And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”
- Isaiah 11:1Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
- Isaiah 27:6In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
- Daniel 4:12Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.
- Daniel 4:15But leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven and graze with the beasts on the grass of the earth.
- Daniel 4:23And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’
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