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Look away from him, and let him desist
until he enjoys his days like a laborer.
“Indeed, there is hope for a tree:
if it is cut down, then[a] it will sprout again,
and its new shoots will not cease;
though its root grows old in the earth,
and its stump dies in the dust,

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  1. Job 14:7 Hebrew “and”

So look away from him and let him alone,(A)
    till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.(B)

“At least there is hope for a tree:(C)
    If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
    and its new shoots(D) will not fail.(E)
Its roots may grow old in the ground
    and its stump(F) die in the soil,

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