Job 14:2

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

As a flower he has gone forth, and is cut off, || And he flees as a shadow and does not stand.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

Who cometh forth like a flower, and is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and never continueth in the same state.

GNV

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

JPS

He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

LXXE

Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue.

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WLC

כְּצִ֣יץ יָ֭צָא וַיִּמָּ֑ל וַיִּבְרַ֥ח כַּ֝צֵּ֗ל וְלֹ֣א יַעֲמֽוֹד׃

LXX-Br

ἢ ὥσπερ ἄνθος ἀνθῆσαν ἐξέπεσεν, ἀπέδρα δὲ ὥσπερ σκιὰ, καὶ οὐ μὴ στῇ.

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• Isaiah 40:6–8A 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. The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on…
• 1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
• Job 8:9For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
• Psalms 103:15–16As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field; when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
• 1 Chronicles 29:15For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
• James 4:14You 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.
• James 1:10–11But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field. For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So…
• Psalms 144:4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
• Psalms 102:11My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
• Psalms 92:12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
• Ecclesiastes 8:13Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
• Job 9:25–26My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good. They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
• Psalms 90:5–9You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning— in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers. For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath. You…
• Psalms 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

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