Job 14:2
As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
Young's Literal Translation
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, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!
3Also — on this Thou hast opened Thine eyes, And dost bring me into judgment with Thee.
Cross References
Job 8:9(For of yesterday we [are], and we know not, For a shadow [are] our days on earth.)
Psalms 39:7And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope — it [is] of Thee.
Psalms 90:6In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.
Psalms 92:12The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.
Psalms 102:11My days as a shadow [are] stretched out, And I — as the herb I am withered.
Psalms 103:15Mortal man! as grass [are] his days, 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 →