Job 14:7-12

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

8Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil,

9at the scent of water it will flourish and put forth shoots like a new plant.

10But man dies and is powerless; he expires – and where is he?

11As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains away and dries up,

12so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.