7“For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,and that its shoots will not cease.
When it comes to life expectancy, a tree is better off than a human being. A tree stump may sprout new shoots. But there is no such hope for a man who has breathed his last breath.
7 “For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.