Job 14:1–2
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14We are all born weak and helpless.
All lead the same short, troubled life.
2We grow and wither as quickly as flowers;
we disappear like shadows.
Copyright 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992 American Bible Society
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
“Man who is born of a woman
is few of days and full of trouble.
He comes out like a flower and withers;
he flees like a shadow and continues not.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
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.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
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.
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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.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
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.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
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.
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