Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
As a flower, he cometh forth - and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
New American Standard Bible
He also flees like
King James Version
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Holman Bible
he flees like a shadow and does not last.
International Standard Version
He springs up like a flower and then withers. Like a shadow, he disappears and doesn't last.
A Conservative Version
He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He too flees as a shadow, and does not continue.
American Standard Version
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Amplified
“Like a flower he comes forth and withers;
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
Bible in Basic English
He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.
Darby Translation
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
Julia Smith Translation
And as a flower he will come forth, and will be cut down: and he will flee as a shadow, and shall not stand.
King James 2000
He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down: he flees also as a shadow, and continues not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.
Modern King James verseion
He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He cometh up and is cut down like a flower. He flyeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one state.
NET Bible
He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.
New Heart English Bible
He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.
Webster
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
World English Bible
He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.
Youngs Literal Translation
As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
Themes
death » Miscellaneous subjects » Fleeing as a shadow
death » Miscellaneous subjects » Being cut down
natural Death » Regard, as at hand
natural Death » Described as » Fleeing as a shadow
natural Death » Described as » Being cut down
Flowers » Illustrative of » Shortness of man's life
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like hurrying messengers
Life » Brief » Like hurrying messengers
natural Life » Is compared to » A flower
Man » Man being born into trouble
Select readings » The brevity of life
Sin » Mankind being sinful in nature
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 14:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Continues To Argue His Case With God
1 Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble: 2 As a flower, he cometh forth - and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3 And yet upon such a one as this, hast thou opened thine eye? And, him, wouldst thou bring into judgment with thee?
Names
Cross References
Job 8:9
For, of yesterday, are, we, and cannot know, for, a shadow, are our days upon earth:
1 Peter 1:24
Inasmuch as - All flesh, is as grass, and, all the glory thereof, as the flower of grass, - The grass hath withered, and the flower hath fallen out,
1 Chronicles 29:15
for, sojourners, are we before thee, and strangers, like all our fathers, - like a shadow, are our days upon the earth, and there is no hope.
Job 9:25-26
My days, therefore, are swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have seen no good.
Psalm 90:5-9
Thou hast snatched them away, A sleep, do they become, In the morning, they are like grass that shooteth up,
Psalm 92:7
When the lawless do thrive like grass, And all the workers of iniquity have blossomed, It is that they may be destroyed for ever.
Psalm 92:12
The righteous, like the palm-tree, shall thrive, Like the cedar in Lebanon, shall he grow;
Psalm 102:11
My days, are like a shadow extended, And, I, as green herbage, do wither.
Psalm 103:15-16
As for man, like grass, are his days, Like the blossom of the field, so, doth he blossom;
Psalm 144:4
The earthborn, resembleth, a vapour, his days, are like a passing shadow.
Ecclesiastes 8:13
but, well, shall it not be to the lawless man, neither shall he lengthen out his days like a shadow, - because he standeth not in awe before God.
Isaiah 40:6-8
A voice saying Cry! And one said - What should I cry? All flesh, is grass, And, all the grace thereof, like the flower of the field:
James 1:10-11
Whereas the rich, in his being brought low, - because, as a flower of grass, he will pass away;
James 4:14
Men who are not versed in the morrow - of what sort your life will be ; for ye are, a vapour - for a little, appearing, then, just disappearing!