Job 14:2
Like a flower he cometh forth, and is cut down: and he fleeth like a shadow, and remaineth not.
Leeser Tanakh
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 a woman is short of days, and sated with harrowing trouble.
3And yet on such a one dost thou open thy eyes, and me thou bringest into judgment with thee?
Cross References
Job 8:9For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because a [mere] shadow are our days upon earth;—
Psalms 39:7(39:8) And now, what shall I wait for, O Lord? my hope is in thee.
Psalms 90:6In the morning it blossometh, and is changed: in the evening it is mowed off, and withereth.
Psalms 92:12(92:13) The righteous shall spring up like the palm-tree: like a cedar in Lebanon shall he grow high.
Psalms 102:11(102:12) My days are like a shadow that declineth; and like the herb I wither.
Psalms 103:15As for man, like the grass are his days: as the blossom of the field, so doth he bloom.
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 →