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Job 14:1–2

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“Mortals, born of woman,s

are of few dayst and full of trouble.u

2They spring up like flowersv and wither away;w

like fleeting shadows,x they do not endure.y

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Cross references

  1. sJob 15:14; Mt 11:11
  2. tSee Job 10:20
  3. uSee Ge 3:17; See Job 7:2
  4. vPs 103:15; See Jas 1:10
  5. wPs 37:2; 90:5–6; Isa 40:6–8
  6. xJob 8:9; Ps 39:4; 102:11; 109:23; 144:4; Ecc 6:12
  7. ySee Job 4:20; Ps 49:12

In other versions

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.