Job 14:1
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
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 unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Read in contextJob 25:4
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
Read in contextEcclesiastes 2:23
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
Read in contextJob 7:1
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
Read in contextMatthew 11:11
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Read in contextJob 7:6
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Read in contextJob 15:14
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Read in contextJob 9:25
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
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