Job 14:7-12

7If someone cuts down a tree, the tree may not die. New branches may grow from it.

8Its roots in the ground may be old. The part of the tree that remains may be nearly dead.

9But if only a little water comes near to it, it will start to grow again. It will make new branches, like a young plant.

10But when people lose their strength and they die, that is the end. After they die, where do they go?

11When the water disappears from a lake or a river, they become dry.

12It is the same with people when they die. They will never rise to live again. As long as the sky remains above the earth, they will continue to sleep in death.