Job 14:2
1 “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
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?
4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
- KJV
- He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
- WEB
- He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.
- ASV
- He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
- DARBY
- He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
- BLB
- Like a flower he comes forth and withers, and he flees like a shadow, and does not stand.
- ÅB
- Som en blomst skyter han opp og visner, han farer bort som skyggen og holder ikke stand.
- OTB
- Som en blomst, dukker de opp og visner,
De flykter også som en skygge og varer ikke. - B1930
- Som en blomst skyter han op og visner, han farer bort som skyggen og holder ikke stand.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 40:6–8
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.
Read in context1 Peter 1:24
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
Read in contextJob 8:9
For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
Read in contextPsalms 103:15–16
As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
Read in contextJames 4:14
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.
Read in contextJames 1:10–11
But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
Read in contextPsalms 144:4
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
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