Job 14:2
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
Darby Translation
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, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
3Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
Cross References
Job 8:9For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.
Psalms 39:7And now, what wait I for, Lord? my hope is in thee.
Psalms 90:6In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth.
Psalms 92:12The righteous shall shoot forth like a palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar on Lebanon.
Psalms 102:11My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, I am withered like grass.
Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth:
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 →