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Job 14:2

World English Bible

He grows up like a flower, and is cut down.
He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.

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Job 14:2 in other translations

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

Job 14:2 · American Standard Version

Job 14:2 in context

  1. 1“Man, who is born of a woman,
    is of few days, and full of trouble.
  2. 2He grows up like a flower, and is cut down.
    He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.
  3. 3Do you open your eyes on such a one,
    and bring me into judgment with you?
  4. 4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
    Not one.