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Job 14:2

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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. dch. 18:16. & 24:24 in the Heb. Ps. 37:2. So Ps. 90:6.
  2. 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

He comes out like a flower and withers;

he flees like a shadow and continues not.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They spring up like flowers and wither away;

like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He blossoms like a flower, then withers;

he flees like a shadow and does not last.

NLTNew Living Translation

We blossom like a flower and then wither.

Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

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