Verse 2
Job 14:2
Darby Translation
2
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כְּ/צִ֣יץ יָ֭צָא וַ/יִּמָּ֑ל וַ/יִּבְרַ֥ח כַּ֝/צֵּ֗ל וְ/לֹ֣א יַעֲמֽוֹד
English Translation
Like a flower he goes out and is cut down; he flees like a shadow and does not stand.
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Chapter 14 Context
1
Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
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He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
3
Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
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Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!
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If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, [and] thou hast appointed his...
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Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
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For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will no...
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Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,
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Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.
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10
But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
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11
The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:
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12
So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are rai...
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13
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past,...
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14
(If a man die, shall he live [again]?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change...
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15
Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands...
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16
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
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17
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity.
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18
And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;
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19
The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest...
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20
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismis...
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21
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not.
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But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself.
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