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They will still bring forth fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,
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Spiritual Vitality Defies Aging
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse promises a spiritual vitality that defies natural aging. While other trees stop bearing fruit when old, the righteous can remain spiritually vigorous, or "full of sap and green." Scholars like John Gill note that grace is often strongest when physical nature is weakest, making a believer's last days potentially their most fruitful.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age - Just as a tree that is carefully planted and cultivated may be expected to live lon…
19th Century
Anglican
They shall still bring forth. —Literally, Still shall they sprout in old age; vigorous and green shall they be, alluding …
Baptist
When mortals decay, they will still be fruitful. They will not feel, as so many others do, that their age is a curse; it will be to them a blessing…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age Being thus planted and watered, they shall not only bring forth the fr…
God sometimes grants prosperity to wicked men in displeasure; yet they flourish only for a moment.
Let us seek for ourselves the salvation a…
