2 They spring up like flowers and wither away;

like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.

2 He comes out like a flower and withers;

he flees like a shadow and continues not.

2 We blossom like a flower and then wither.

Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.

2 He comes forth like a flower and fades away;

He flees like a shadow and does not continue.

2 We grow up like flowers and then dry up and die.

We are like a passing shadow that does not last.

2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down:

He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

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

2 He comes up like a flower; then he withers. 

He is like a fleeting shadow; he doesn’t stay long. 

2 He blossoms like a flower, then withers;

he flees like a shadow and does not last.

2 comes up like a flower and withers,

flees like a shadow and does not last.

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

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

2 They grow like flowers, and then they dry up.

They are like shadows that quickly disappear.

2 “Like a flower he comes forth and withers.

He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.