Job 14:8
If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
BSB
ASV
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;
KJV
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
Though the root thereof wax old - Though life becomes almost extinct. The idea is, though the root of the tree be very old, yet it does not become wholly lifeless. It is not like an old man, when life goes out altogether. In the very aged root there will be vitality still; but not so in man. Though the stock thereof - The stump - literally that which is cut off - גזעוּ geza‛ô.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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John 12:24Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
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You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days,…
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death…
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.”
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Isaiah 26:19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her…
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And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.
The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”