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Job 14:9

HopeNew life and rebirth

7 For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

8 If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.

10 But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?

11 As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,

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BSB
at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.
KJV
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
WEB
yet through the scent of water it will bud, and sprout boughs like a plant.
ASV
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.
DARBY
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.
BLB
from the scent of water it will sprout, and will make branch[es] like a [fresh] planting.
ÅB
så setter det allikevel knopper ved eimen av vannet og skyter greiner som et nyplantet tre.
OTB
Ved duften av vann vil det blomstre
Og sende ut grener som en ung plante.
B1930
så setter det allikevel knopper ved eimen av vannet og skyter grener som et nyplantet tre.

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Cross references

  • Romans 11:17–24

    Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,

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  • Ezekiel 17:22–24

    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

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  • Ezekiel 17:3–10

    and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.

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  • Ezekiel 19:10

    Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.

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