Job 14:2
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
Berean Standard Bible
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
1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
3Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
Cross References
Job 8:9For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
Psalms 39:7And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
Psalms 90:6in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
Psalms 92:12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psalms 102:11My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a 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 →