Job 14:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.”
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“Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 14:2 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 29:15For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
- Job 8:9For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
- Job 9:25My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
- Psalms 39:7And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
- Psalms 90:5You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
- Psalms 90:6in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
- Psalms 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
- Psalms 92:12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- Psalms 102:5Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.
- Psalms 102:11My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
- Psalms 102:12But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
- Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
- Psalms 144:4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
- Ecclesiastes 8:13Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
- Isaiah 40:6A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
- James 1:10But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
- James 4:14You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
- 1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
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