Job 14:2
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
In context
1 “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
2 Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
3 Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
Job 14:2 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
- KJV King James Version
- He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
- WEB World English Bible
- He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.
- ASV American Standard Version
- He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
- DBY Darby Translation
- He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
- WBS Webster Bible
- He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.