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Job 14:2

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They spring up like flowersa and wither away;b

like fleeting shadows,c they do not endure.d

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Cross references

  1. aPs 103:15; Jas 1:10
  2. bPs 37:2; 90:5–6; Isa 40:6–8
  3. cJob 8:9; Ps 39:4; 102:11; 109:23; 144:4; Ecc 6:12
  4. d Job 4:20; Ps 49:12

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.