Job 14:8
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If its roots be old in the earth, and its stock be dead in the dust:

Job 14:7
A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it growth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout.

Job 14:9
At the scent of water, it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as when it was first planted.

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If its roots be old in the earth, and its stock be dead in the dust:

die in the ground

Isaiah 26:19 Thy dead men shall live, my slain shall rise again: awake, and give praise, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is the dew of the light: and the land of the giants thou shalt pull down into ruin.

John 12:24 Amen, amen, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground die,

1 Corinthians 15:36 Senseless man, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die first.

Context
Job Laments the Finality of Death
7A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it growth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout. 8If its roots be old in the earth, and its stock be dead in the dust:9At the scent of water, it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as when it was first planted.…
Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

its roots
שָׁרְשׁ֑וֹ (šā·rə·šōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8328: A root

grow old
יַזְקִ֣ין (yaz·qîn)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2204: To be or become old

in the ground
בָּאָ֣רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

and its stump
גִּזְעֽוֹ׃ (giz·‘ōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1503: The trunk, stump of a, tree

dies
יָמ֥וּת (yā·mūṯ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

in the soil,
וּ֝בֶעָפָ֗ר (ū·ḇe·‘ā·p̄ār)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud


Additional Translations
If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;

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

Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

Though its root shall become old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground;

Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground,

If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust,
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