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Job 14:2

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2“aLike a flower he comes forth and withers.

He also flees like ba shadow and does not remain.

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Cross references

  1. aPs 90:5, 6; 103:15; Is 40:6, 7; James 1:10; 1 Pet 1:24
  2. bJob 8:9

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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

He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.