Job 14:2
He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.
3And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee.
Cross References
Job 8:9(For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)
Psalms 39:7And now Lord, what wait I for? mine hope is euen in thee.
Psalms 90:6In the morning it florisheth and groweth, but in the euening it is cut downe and withereth.
Psalms 92:12The righteous shall flourish like a palme tree, and shall grow like a Cedar in Lebanon.
Psalms 102:11My dayes are like a shadowe that fadeth, and I am withered like grasse.
Psalms 103:15The dayes of man are as grasse: as a flowre of the fielde, so florisheth he.
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 →