Job 14:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,”
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BSBPD
“If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 14:8 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 26:19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
- John 12:24Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
- 1 Corinthians 15:36You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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