King James Version (KJV)
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
Modern English
Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stump dies in the soil,
Hebrew
אִם יַזְקִ֣ין בָּאָ֣רֶץ שָׁרְשׁ֑וֹ וּבֶעָפָ֥ר יָ֝מ֗וּת גִּזְעֽוֹ׃
ʾim yazqiyn baʾareṣ sharshvo vbeʿapar yamvt gizʿvo