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Job 14:1–2

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Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All

14“Man who is kborn of a woman

is lfew of days and mfull of trouble.

2He comes out like na flower and owithers;

he flees like pa shadow and continues not.

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Cross references

  1. kch. 15:14; 25:4; Matt. 11:11
  2. lch. 10:20; 16:22; Gen. 47:9; Ps. 39:5; 89:47
  3. mSee ch. 5:7
  4. nPs. 103:15; Isa. 40:6, 7; James 1:10; 1 Pet. 1:24
  5. oPs. 37:2; 90:6
  6. pSee ch. 8:9; 17:7; Ps. 109:23

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Mortals, born of woman,

are of few days and full of trouble.

They spring up like flowers and wither away;

like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Anyone born of woman is short of days and full of trouble.

He blossoms like a flower, then withers;

he flees like a shadow and does not last.

NLTNew Living Translation

“How frail is humanity!

How short is life, how full of trouble!

We blossom like a flower and then wither.

Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“A human being born of a woman

is short of days and full of troubles.

Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away;

and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.