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If its roots grow old in the ground
    and its stump dies in the soil,
        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?

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Its roots may grow old in the ground
    and its stump(A) die in the soil,
yet at the scent of water(B) it will bud
    and put forth shoots like a plant.(C)
10 But a man dies and is laid low;(D)
    he breathes his last and is no more.(E)

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