Job 14:1
“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
2 Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
3 Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
- KJV
- Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
- WEB
- “Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
- ASV
- Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.
- DARBY
- Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
- BLB
- [“] Man, born of a woman, [is] short of days and full of trouble.
- ÅB
- Et menneske, født av en kvinne, lever en kort tid og mettes med uro.
- OTB
- “Mennesker, født av kvinner,
Har korte liv og er fulle av trøbbel. - B1930
- Et menneske, født av en kvinne, lever en kort tid og mettes med uro.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 5:7
Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
Read in contextJob 25:4
How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
Read in contextEcclesiastes 2:23
Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
Read in contextJob 7:1
“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
Read in contextMatthew 11:11
Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Read in contextJob 7:6
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
Read in contextJob 15:14
What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
Read in contextJob 9:25
My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
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