Job 14:2
As a flower he has gone forth, and is cut off, || And he flees as a shadow and does not stand.
Literal Standard Version
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, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!
3Also—on this You have opened Your eyes, and bring me into judgment with You.
Cross References
Job 8:9For we [are] of yesterday, and we do not know, || For our days [are] a shadow on earth.
Psalms 39:7And now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope—it [is] of You.
Psalms 90:6In the morning it flourishes, and has changed, || At evening it is cut down, and has withered.
Psalms 92:12The righteous flourish as a palm-tree, || He grows as a cedar in Lebanon.
Psalms 102:11My days [are] stretched out as a shadow, || And I am withered as the herb.
Psalms 103:15Mortal man! His days [are] as grass, || He flourishes as 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 →