Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth 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.
The Emphasized Bible
As a flower, he cometh forth - and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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.
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, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble! 2 As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not. 3 Also -- on this Thou hast opened Thine eyes, And dost bring me into judgment with Thee.
Names
Cross References
Job 8:9
(For of yesterday we are, and we know not, For a shadow are our days on earth.)
1 Peter 1:24
because all flesh is as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,
1 Chronicles 29:15
for sojourners we are before Thee, and settlers, like all our fathers; as a shadow are our days on the land, and there is none abiding.
Job 9:25-26
My days have been swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have not seen good,
Psalm 90:5-9
Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.
Psalm 92:7
When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!
Psalm 92:12
The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.
Psalm 102:11
My days as a shadow are stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered.
Psalm 103:15-16
Mortal man! as grass are his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth;
Psalm 144:4
Man to vanity hath been like, His days are as a shadow passing by.
Ecclesiastes 8:13
And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.
Isaiah 40:6-8
A voice is saying, 'Call,' And he said, 'What do I call?' All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is As a flower of the field:
James 1:10-11
and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;
James 4:14
who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;