Job Chapter 14 verse 2 Holy Bible
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.
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He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
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He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.
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As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down. Few similes are more frequently used in Scripture (comp. Psalm 103:15; Isaiah 28:1, 4; Isaiah 40:6, 7; James 1:10, 11; 1 Peter 1:24), and certainly none could have more poetic beauty. Eastern flowers do not often last much more than a day. He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not (comp. Job 7:2; Job 8:9; 1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalm 102:11; Psalm 109:23; Ecclesiastes 6:12, etc.). Shadows are always changing; but the shadows which flee away the fastest, and which Job has probably in his mind, are those of clouds, or other moving objects, which seem to chase each other over the earth, and never to continue for a single minute in one stay.
