"For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease." Job turns to nature, observing that trees can regenerate after cutting. This comparison will set up the contrast with human death—nature permits renewal; humanity does not. The verse acknowledges that some creation enjoys restoration, which makes the absence of such restoration for humans more tragic.

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