Job 14:8
Strong's Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

its roots
שָׁרְשׁ֑וֹ (šā·rə·šōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8328: 1) root 1a) root (literal) 1b) root (of people involving firmness or permanence) (fig) 1c) root, bottom (as lowest stratum) (fig)

grow old
יַזְקִ֣ין (yaz·qîn)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2204: 1) to be old, become old 1a) (Qal) to be old, become old 1b) (Hiphil) to grow old, show age

in the ground
בָּאָ֣רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan

and its stump
גִּזְעֽוֹ׃ (giz·‘ōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1503: 1) stem, trunk, stock (of trees)

dies
יָמ֥וּת (yā·mūṯ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: 1) to die, kill, have one executed 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to die 1a2) to die (as penalty), be put to death 1a3) to die, perish (of a nation) 1a4) to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct) 1b) (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch 1c) (Hiphil) to kill, put to death 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be killed, be put to death 1d1a) to die prematurely

in the soil,
וּ֝בֶעָפָ֗ר (ū·ḇe·‘ā·p̄ār)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6083: 1) dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish 1a) dry or loose earth 1b) debris 1c) mortar 1d) ore

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

Young's Literal Translation
If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If its roots grow old in  the  ground and its stump starts to die in  the  soil,

New American Standard Bible
"Though its roots grow old in the ground And its stump dies in the dry soil,

King James Bible
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,

New Living Translation
Though its roots have grown old in the earth and its stump decays,

English Standard Version
Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stump die in the soil,

New American Standard Bible
"Though its roots grow old in the ground And its stump dies in the dry soil,

King James Bible
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump starts to die in the soil,

International Standard Version
Even if its roots have grown ancient in the earth, and its stump begins to rot in the ground,

NET Bible
Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil,

American Standard Version
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;

English Revised Version
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

Young's Literal Translation
If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust,
















Cross References
Job 14:7
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.

Job 14:9
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 14:6
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

Job 14:5
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

Job 14:10
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

Job 14:11
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
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