Job 14:2
He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He too flees as a shadow, and does not continue.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
In Context
1Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
3And do thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bring me into judgment with thee?
Cross References
Job 8:9(for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow).
Psalms 39:7And now, LORD, what do I wait for? My hope is in thee.
Psalms 90:6In the morning it flourishes, and grows up. In the evening it is cut down, and withers.
Psalms 92:12A righteous man shall flourish like the palm tree. He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psalms 102:11My days are like a shadow that declines, and I am withered like grass.
Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are as grass, as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Matthew Henry on Job 14:2-7
Brevity and Frailty of Human Life. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 6 Turn from him, that he may… Read the whole commentary →