Job 14:2
כְּצִיץ יָצָא וַיִּמָּל וַיִּבְרַח כַּצֵּל וְלֹא יַעֲמֽוֹד ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
1אָדָם יְלוּד אִשָּׁה קְצַר יָמִים וּֽשְׂבַֽע ־ רֹֽגֶז ׃
3אַף ־ עַל ־ זֶה פָּקַחְתָּ עֵינֶךָ וְאֹתִי תָבִיא בְמִשְׁפָּט עִמָּֽךְ ׃
Cross References
Job 8:9כִּֽי ־ תְמוֹל אֲנַחְנוּ וְלֹא נֵדָע כִּי צֵל יָמֵינוּ עֲלֵי ־ אָֽרֶץ ׃
Psalms 39:7אַךְ ־ בְּצֶלֶם ׀ יִֽתְהַלֶּךְ ־ אִישׁ אַךְ ־ הֶבֶל יֶהֱמָיוּן יִצְבֹּר וְֽלֹא ־ יֵדַע מִי ־ אֹסְפָֽם ׃
Psalms 90:6בַּבֹּקֶר יָצִיץ וְחָלָף לָעֶרֶב יְמוֹלֵל וְיָבֵֽשׁ ׃
Psalms 92:12וַתַּבֵּט עֵינִי בְּשׁוּרָי בַּקָּמִים עָלַי מְרֵעִים תִּשְׁמַעְנָה אָזְנָֽי ׃
Psalms 102:11מִפְּנֵֽי ־ זַֽעַמְךָ וְקִצְפֶּךָ כִּי נְשָׂאתַנִי וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵֽנִי ׃
Psalms 103:15אֱנוֹשׁ כֶּחָצִיר יָמָיו כְּצִיץ הַשָּׂדֶה כֵּן יָצִֽיץ ׃
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 →