Job 14:2
Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue.
Brenton Septuagint
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
1For a mortal born of a woman is short-lived, and full of wrath.
3Hast thou not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before thee?
Cross References
Job 8:9(for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow:)
Psalms 39:7+ 39:7 Heb. 10. 5,6. Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou didst not require.
Psalms 90:6nor of the evil + 90:6 See ver 3.thing that walks in darkness; nor of calamity, and the evil spirit at noon-day.
Psalms 102:11For as the heaven is high above the earth, the Lord has so increased his mercy toward them that fear him.
Psalms 103:15and wine makes glad the heart of man, to make his face cheerful with oil: and bread strengthens man's heart.
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 →