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Job 14:9
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Job 14:9
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yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant.
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Job 14:9 in Other Translations
KJV
9
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
ESV
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yet at the scent of water it will bud and put out branches like a young plant.
NLT
9
at the scent of water it will bud and sprout again like a new seedling.
MSG
9
At the first whiff of water it comes to life, buds and grows like a sapling.
CSB
9
the smell of water makes it thrive and produce twigs like a sapling.
Job 14:9 In-Context
7
“At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.
8
Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,
9
yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant.
10
But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more.
11
As the water of a lake dries up or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
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1.
Job 29:19
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Psalms 1:3
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Jeremiah 17:8
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Ezekiel 31:7
2.
Leviticus 26:4
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Ezekiel 34:27
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Zechariah 10:1
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