Job 14:2

Job 14:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
• New International Version (NIV)They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He comes forth like a flower and fades away; He flees like a shadow and does not continue.

Context of Job 14:2

1“Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil. Like a flower he comes out and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain. 3You also open Your eyes on him And bring him into judgment with Yourself. 4Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!

Job 14:2 word by word

כְּצִ֣יץ יָ֭צָא וַיִּמָּ֑ל וַיִּבְרַ֥ח כַּ֝צֵּ֗ל וְלֹ֣א יַעֲמֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear

• Like a flowerצִיץtsîyts tsits · flowerH6731
• he comesיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• He also fleesבָּרַחbârach · to fleeH1272
• a shadowצֵלtsêl · shadowH6738
• and does not remainעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975

Cross-references for Job 14:2

• Psalms 90:5You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep; In the morning they are like grass that sprouts anew.
• Psalms 92:7When the wicked sprouted up like grass And all who did injustice flourished, It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.
• Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass; Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
• Isaiah 40:6A voice says, “Call out.” Then he answered, “What shall I call out?” All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
• James 1:10but the rich person is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.
• James 4:14Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. For you are just a vapor that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away.
• 1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, And all its glory is like the flower of grass. The grass withers, And the flower falls off,
• Job 8:9For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow.
• Job 9:25“Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.
• 1 Chronicles 29:15For we are strangers before You, and temporary residents, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.
• Psalms 102:11My days are like a lengthened shadow, And I wither away like grass.
• Psalms 144:4Man is like the breath; His days are like a passing shadow.
• Ecclesiastes 8:13But it will not go well for the evil person and he will not lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.

Commentaries on Job 14:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2He cometh forth like a flower - This is a frequent image both in the Old and New Testament writers; I need not quote the places here, as the readers will find them all in the margin. He fleeth also as a shadow - Himself, as he appears among men, is only the shadow of his real, substantial, and eternal being. He is here compared to a vegetable; he springs up, bears his flower is often nipped by disease, blasted by afflictions and at last cut down by death…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down - Nothing can be more obvious and more beautiful than this, and the image has been employed by writers in all ages, but nowhere with more beauty, or with more frequency than in the Bible; see Isaiah 40:6; Psalm 37:2; Psalm 90:6; Psalm 103:15. Next to the Bible, it is probable that Shakespeare has employed the image with the most exquisite beauty of any poet: This is the state of man; today he puts forth The…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2The flower symbolizes how short life is (Psalms 90:5–6; 103:15–16; Isaiah 40:6–7). A shadow passes quickly (1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalm 102:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. (Psa 90:6; see on Job 8:9).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 14:2

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• Awake
• Born
• Change
• Clean
• Flowers
• Plow
• Raise
• Sew
• Stock
• Wait

Commentaries on Job 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings