Job 14:1–2
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The Brevity of Life
14:1“Man, born of woman,1
lives but a few days,2 and they are full of trouble.3
14:2He grows up4 like a flower and then withers away;5
he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.6
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- 1 The first of the threefold apposition for אָדָם (’adam, “man”) is “born of a woman.” The genitive (“woman”) after a passive participle denotes the agent of the action (see §116.l).
- 2 The second description is simply “[is] short of days.” The meaning here is that his life is short (“days” being put as the understatement for “years”).
- 3 The third expression is “consumed/full/sated—with/of—trouble/restlessness.” The latter word, רֹגֶז (rogez), occurred in Job 3:17; see also the idea in 10:15.
- 4 Heb יָצָא (yatsa’, “comes forth”). The perfect verb expresses characteristic action and so is translated by the present tense (see §111.s).
- 5 The verb וַיִּמָּל (vayyimmal) is from the root מָלַל (malal, “to languish; to wither”) and not from a different root מָלַל (malal, “to cut off”).
- 6 The verb is “and he does not stand.” Here the verb means “to stay fixed; to abide.” The shadow does not stay fixed, but continues to advance toward darkness.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Man that is born of a woman
Is of few days, and full of trouble.
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down:
He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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