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Job 14:1–2

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Man that is aborn of a woman

Is †of few days, and bfull of trouble.

2He cometh forth like ca flower, and dis cut down:

He fleeth also as ea shadow, and continueth not.

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Footnotes

  1. ach. 15:14. & 25:4. Matt. 11:11. So Ecclus. 10:18.
  2. †Heb. short of days. Comp. Pr. 14:17 (Heb.).
  3. bSo ch. 5:7. Eccles. 2:23.
  4. dch. 18:16. & 24:24 in the Heb. Ps. 37:2. So Ps. 90:6.
  5. ech. 8:9. & 17:7. Ps. 102:11. & 109:23. & 144:4. Eccles. 6:12.

Cross references

  1. cPs. 103:15. Isai. 40:6, 7. James 1:10. 1 Pet. 1:24.

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.

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.