Job 14:2

Job chapter 14 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

King James Version · 1611

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

American Standard Version · 1901

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

v.1Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.

v.2This passage

v.3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Isaiah 40:6
The voice of one saying, Cry. And one said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.
Psalms 92:12
The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
James 4:14
whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Psalms 144:4
Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Psalms 102:11
My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.
Psalms 92:7
When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.