Job 14:2
He cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down; He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Noyes 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
1Man, that is born of woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.
3And dost thou fix thine eyes upon such a one? And dost thou bring me into judgment with thee?
Cross References
Job 8:9(For we are of yesterday and know nothing, Since our days upon the earth are but a shadow;)
Psalms 39:7What, then, O Lord! is my hope? My hope is in thee!
Psalms 90:6Which flourisheth and shooteth up in the morning, And in the evening is cut down, and withered.
Psalms 92:12The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree; They shall grow up like the cedars of Lebanon;
Psalms 102:11My life is like a declining shadow, And I wither like grass.
Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
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 →