Job 14:2
He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.
Bible in Basic English
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
1As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.
3Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?
Cross References
Job 8:9(For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)
Psalms 39:7\39:6\Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.
Psalms 90:6In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry.
Psalms 92:12\92:11\My eyes have seen trouble come on my haters; my ears have news of the fate of the evil-doers who have come up against me.
Psalms 102:11\102:10\Because of your passion and your wrath, for I have been lifted up and then made low by you.
Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field.
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 →