Job 14:2 · KJV
“He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.”
— Job 14:2
Man {that is} born of a woman {is} of few days, and full of trouble. {few...: Heb. short of days}
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
Job 14 — Context
Man {that is} born of a woman {is} of few days, and full of trouble. {few...: Heb. short of days}
2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
4Who can bring a clean {thing} out of an unclean? not one. {can...: Heb. will give}
Cross References
Isaiah 40:6-8
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh {is} grass, and all the goodliness thereof {is} as the flower of the field:
1 Peter 1:24
For all flesh {is} as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: {For: or, For that}
Job 8:9
(For we {are but of} yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth {are} a shadow:) {nothing: Heb. not}
Psalms 103:15-16
{As for} man, his days {are} as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we {are} strangers before thee, and sojourners, as {were} all our fathers: our days on the earth {are} as a shadow, and {there is} none abiding. {abiding: Heb. expectation}
James 4:14
Whereas ye know not what {shall be} on the morrow. For what {is} your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. {It...: or, For it is}
James 1:10-11
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Psalms 144:4
Man is like to vanity: his days {are} as a shadow that passeth away.