Job 14:2
He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down.He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.
New Heart English 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
1"Man, who is born of a woman,is of few days, and full of trouble.
3Do you open your eyes on such a one,and bring me into judgment with you?
Cross References
Job 8:9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing,because our days on earth are a shadow.)
Psalms 39:7Now, Lord, what do I wait for?My hope is in you.
Psalms 90:6In the morning it sprouts and springs up.By evening, it is withered and dry.
Psalms 92:12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree.He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psalms 102:11My days are like a long shadow.I have withered like grass.
Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass.As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
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 →