Job 14:2 “Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shad…”

Job 14:2

Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

World English Bible

He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.

American Standard Version

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Geneva Bible 1599

He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.

Darby Translation

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.

Young's Literal Translation

As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.

Bible in Basic English

He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.

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Cross references

“like”

Isaiah 40:6–8 1 Peter 1:24 James 4:14 Psalm 92:12 Psalm 90:5–9 Psalm 92:7

Isaiah 40:6–8 · BSB

A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.

1 Peter 1:24 · BSB

For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

James 4:14 · BSB

You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

Psalm 92:12 · BSB

The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Psalm 90:5–9 · BSB

You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

Psalm 92:7 · BSB

that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

“fleeth”

Job 8:9 1 Chronicles 29:15 Psalm 144:4 Psalm 102:11 Ecclesiastes 8:13 Job 9:25

Job 8:9 · BSB

For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.

1 Chronicles 29:15 · BSB

For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

Psalm 144:4 · BSB

Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

Psalm 102:11 · BSB

My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.

Ecclesiastes 8:13 · BSB

Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.

Job 9:25 · BSB

My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.

3Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?

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