Job 14:2
What does Job 14:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 14:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Who cometh forth like a flower, and is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and never continueth in the same state.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
Context
Cross references
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.
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