Parallel Verses

Amplified


“For there is hope for a tree,
If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And that the shoots of it will not cease nor fail, [but there is no such hope for man].

New American Standard Bible

“For there is hope for a tree,
When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And its shoots will not fail.

King James Version

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

Holman Bible

There is hope for a tree:
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its shoots will not die.

International Standard Version

"There is hope for the tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots won't stop growing.

A Conservative Version

For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch of it will not cease.

American Standard Version

For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

Bible in Basic English

For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.

Darby Translation

For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;

Julia Smith Translation

For there is hope for a tree if it shall be cut down, and it shall yet revive, and its suckers shall not cease.

King James 2000

For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender shoots thereof will not cease.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Indeed, there is hope for a tree: if it is cut down, then it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not cease;

Modern King James verseion

For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"If a tree be cut down, there is some hope yet, that it will sprout and shoot forth the branches again;

NET Bible

"But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

New Heart English Bible

"For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease.

The Emphasized Bible

Though there is - for a tree - hope, - if it should be cut down, that, again, it will grow, and, the tender branch thereof, will not cease;

Webster

For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its tender branch will not cease.

World English Bible

"For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease.

Youngs Literal Translation

For there is of a tree hope, if it be cut down, That again it doth change, That its tender branch doth not cease.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For there is
ישׁ 
Yesh 
is, be, have, there,
Usage: 135

תּקוה 
Tiqvah 
Usage: 34

of a tree
עץ 
`ets 
Usage: 329

if it be cut down
כּרת 
Karath 
Usage: 287

that it will sprout again
חלף 
Chalaph 
Usage: 28

and that the tender branch
יונקת 
Yowneqeth 
Usage: 6

References

American

Job

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

Job Continues To Argue His Case With God

6
“[O God] turn your gaze from him so that he may rest,
Until he fulfills his day [on earth] like a hired man.
7 
“For there is hope for a tree,
If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And that the shoots of it will not cease nor fail, [but there is no such hope for man].
8
“Though its roots grow old in the earth
And its stump dies in the dry soil,

Cross References

Job 14:14


“If a man dies, will he live again?
I will wait all the days of my struggle
Until my change and release will come.

Job 19:10


“He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;
He has uprooted my hope like a tree.

Isaiah 11:1

Then a Shoot (the Messiah) will spring from the stock of Jesse [David’s father],
And a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.

Isaiah 27:6


In the generations to come Jacob will take root;
Israel will blossom and sprout,
And they will fill the surface of the world with fruit.

Daniel 4:15


“Nevertheless leave the stump with its roots in the ground,
Bound with a band of iron and bronze
In the new grass of the field;
And let him be wet with the dew of heaven,
And let him feed with the animals in the grass of the earth.

Daniel 4:23-25

In that the king saw an angelic watcher, a holy one, descending from heaven and saying, “Cut the tree down and destroy it; but leave the stump with its roots in the earth, but with a band of iron and bronze around it in the new grass of the field, and let him be wet with the dew of heaven, and let him feed with the beasts of the field until seven periods of time pass over him,”

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