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Job 14:2

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

and he flees like ab shadow, butc he does not last.

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Footnotes

  1. bOr “the”
  2. cHebrew “and”

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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

He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.