Job 14:2 KJV
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Job 14:2, King James Version
In context
1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
Cross-references
- Isaiah 40:6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
- 1 Peter 1:24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
- Job 8:9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
- Psalms 103:15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
- James 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.