Holy Scripture

Job 14:10

A church father on this verse
“Ver. 7-10. For there is a hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will be green again; and that the tender branches thereof will sprout forth. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth foliage as when it was pla…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XII

Source: Septuagint

Original

10But a man that has died is utterly gone; And when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.

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8For though its root should grow old in the earth, And its stem die in the rock;

9It will blossom from the scent of water, And will produce a crop, as one newly planted.

— Job 14:10 —

11For the sea wastes in length of time, And a river fails and is dried up.

12And man that has lain down in death shall certainly not rise again Till the heaven be dissolved, And they shall not awake from their sleep.

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