Job 14:2

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Job 14:2

He blossoms like a flower, then withers;
he flees like a shadow and does not last.

Job 8:9

since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are but a shadow.

1 Peter 1:24

For

All flesh is like grass,
and all its glory like a flower of the grass.
The grass withers, and the flower falls,

1 Chronicles 29:15

For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

Job 9:25-26

My days fly by faster than a runner;
they flee without seeing any good.

Psalm 90:5-9

You end their lives; they sleep.
They are like grass that grows in the morning—

Psalm 92:7

though the wicked sprout like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be eternally destroyed.

Psalm 92:12

The righteous thrive like a palm tree
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.

Psalm 102:11

My days are like a lengthening shadow,
and I wither away like grass.

Psalm 103:15-16

As for man, his days are like grass—
he blooms like a flower of the field;

Psalm 144:4

Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

However, it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not lengthen their days like a shadow, for they are not reverent before God.

Isaiah 40:6-8

A voice was saying, “Cry out!”
Another said, “What should I cry out?”
“All humanity is grass,
and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.

James 1:10-11

but the one who is rich should boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

James 4:14

You don’t even know what tomorrow will bring—what your life will be! For you are like smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes.

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Summary

Job 14:2

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

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1 Peter 1:24

Fleeth

General references

Psalm 90:6

Bible References

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You end their lives; they sleep.
They are like grass that grows in the morning—

though the wicked sprout like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be eternally destroyed.

As for man, his days are like grass—
he blooms like a flower of the field;

A voice was saying, “Cry out!”
Another said, “What should I cry out?”
“All humanity is grass,
and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.

but the one who is rich should boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

You don’t even know what tomorrow will bring—what your life will be! For you are like smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes.

For

All flesh is like grass,
and all its glory

like a flower of the grass.

The grass withers, and the flower falls,

Fleeth

since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are but a shadow.

My days fly by faster than a runner;

they flee without seeing any good.

For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

My days are like a lengthening shadow,
and I wither away like grass.

Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow.

However, it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not lengthen their days like a shadow, for they are not reverent before God.

General references

in the morning it sprouts and grows;
by evening it withers and dries up.