Job 14:2 Parallel Translations
NASB: "Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: He comes up like a flower; then he withers. He is like a fleeting shadow; he doesn't stay long.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
ASV: He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
BBE: He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.
DBY: He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
ERV: He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
JPS: He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
WBS: He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
WEB: He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.
YLT: As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
Job 14:2 Cross References
XREF:Job 8:9 "For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow.

Psalm 90:5 You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep; In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.

Psalm 90:6 In the morning it flourishes and sprouts anew; Toward evening it fades and withers away.

Psalm 103:15 As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

Isaiah 40:6 A voice says, "Call out." Then he answered, "What shall I call out?" All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.

Isaiah 40:7 The grass withers, the flower fades, When the breath of the LORD blows upon it; Surely the people are grass.

James 1:10 and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.

1 Peter 1:24 For, "ALL FLESH IS LIKE GRASS, AND ALL ITS GLORY LIKE THE FLOWER OF GRASS. THE GRASS WITHERS, AND THE FLOWER FALLS OFF, (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
WES: 14:2 Flower - The flower is fading, and all its beauty soon withers and is gone. The shadow is fleeting, and its very being will soon be lost in the shadows of night. Of neither do we make any account, in neither do we put any confidence.
MHC: 14:1-6 Job enlarges upon the condition of man, addressing himself also to God. Every man of Adam's fallen race is short-lived. All his show of beauty, happiness, and splendour falls before the stroke of sickness or death, as the flower before the scythe; or passes away like the shadow. How is it possible for a man's conduct to be sinless, when his heart is by nature unclean? Here is a clear proof that Job understood and believed the doctrine of original sin. He seems to have intended it as a plea, why the Lord should not deal with him according to his own works, but according to His mercy and grace. It is determined, in the counsel and decree of God, how long we shall live. Our times are in his hands, the powers of nature act under him; in him we live and move. And it is very useful to reflect seriously on the shortness and uncertainty of human life, and the fading nature of all earthly enjoyments. But it is still more important to look at the cause, and remedy of these evils. Until we are born of the Spirit, no spiritually good thing dwells in us, or can proceed from us. Even the little good in the regenerate is defiled with sin. We should therefore humble ourselves before God, and cast ourselves wholly on the mercy of God, through our Divine Surety. We should daily seek the renewing of the Holy Ghost, and look to heaven as the only place of perfect holiness and happiness.
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