Job 14:9-11

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁹ merely a scent of water will make it sprout
and grow branches like a plant.
¹⁰ But a human dies and is powerless.
A person breathes his last breath, and where is he?
¹¹ ⌞As⌟ water drains out of a lake,
or ⌞as⌟ a river dries up completely,