^{7 Ref} 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.

^{8 Ref} Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

^{9 Ref} Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

^{10 Ref} But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

^{11 Ref} As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

^{12 Ref} So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.