Job 14:2
Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; 1 And he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue. 1
Updated 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. 1
3Hast thou not taken account even of him, 1 And caused him to enter into judgment before thee? 1
Cross References
Job 8:9(For we are of yesterday, and know nothing; 1 For our life upon the earth is a shadow): 1
Psalms 39:7Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; 1 But a body hast thou prepared me: 1 Whole burnt offering and sacrifice for sin thou didst not require. 1
Psalms 90:6Nor of the evil thing that walks in darkness; 1 Nor of calamity, and the evil spirit at noonday. 1
Psalms 102:11For as the heaven is high above the earth, 1 The Lord has so increased his mercy toward them that fear him. 1
Psalms 103:15And wine makes glad the heart of man, 1 To make his face cheerful with oil: 1 And bread strengthens man’s heart. 1
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 →