Job 14:2
1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
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?
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not 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
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
Read in context1 Peter 1:24
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
Read in contextJob 8:9
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
Read in contextPsalms 103:15–16
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
Read in contextJames 4:14
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Read in contextJames 1:10–11
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Read in contextPsalms 144:4
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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