Job 14:2
Strong's Lexicon
Like a flower,
כְּצִ֣יץ (kə·ṣîṣ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6731: 1) flower, bloom 1a) flower, bloom 1b) shining thing (of gold plate on high priest's mitre) (metaph.) 2) feather, wing 2a) meaning dubious

he comes forth,
יָ֭צָא (yā·ṣā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: 1) to go out, come out, exit, go forth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come out or forth, depart 1a2) to go forth (to a place) 1a3) to go forward, proceed to (to or toward something) 1a4) to come or go forth (with purpose or for result) 1a5) to come out of 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out 1b2) to bring out of 1b3) to lead out 1b4) to deliver 1c) (Hophal) to be brought out or forth

then withers away;
וַיִּמָּ֑ל (way·yim·māl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5243: 1) (Qal) to circumcise, become clipped, be circumcised, be cut off

like a fleeting shadow
כַּ֝צֵּ֗ל (kaṣ·ṣêl)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6738: 1) shadow, shade 1a) shadow (on dial) 1b) shadow, shade (as protection) 1c) shadow (symbolic of transitoriness of life)

וַיִּבְרַ֥ח (way·yiḇ·raḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1272: 1) to go through, flee, run away, chase, drive away, put to flight, reach, shoot (extend), hurry away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, pass through 1a2) to flee 1a3) to hasten, come quickly 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to pass through 1b2) to cause to flee, put to flight 1b3) to drive away

he does not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

endure.
יַעֲמֽוֹד׃ (ya·‘ă·mō·wḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5975: 1) to stand, remain, endure, take one's stand 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stand, take one's stand, be in a standing attitude, stand forth, take a stand, present oneself, attend upon, be or become servant of 1a2) to stand still, stop (moving or doing), cease 1a3) to tarry, delay, remain, continue, abide, endure, persist, be steadfast 1a4) to make a stand, hold one's ground 1a5) to stand upright, remain standing, stand up, rise, be erect, be upright 1a6) to arise, appear, come on the scene, stand forth, appear, rise up or against 1a7) to stand with, take one's stand, be appointed, grow flat, grow insipid 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to station, set 1b2) to cause to stand firm, maintain 1b3) to cause to stand up, cause to set up, erect 1b4) to present (one) before (king) 1b5) to appoint, ordain, establish 1c) (Hophal) to be presented, be caused to stand, be stood before

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

Young's Literal Translation
As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He blossoms like  a flower, then  withers;  he flees like  a shadow and  does not  last.

New American Standard Bible
"Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

King James Bible
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.

New Living Translation
We blossom like a flower and then wither. Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.

English Standard Version
He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.

New American Standard Bible
"Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

King James Bible
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.

International Standard Version
He springs up like a flower and then withers. Like a shadow, he disappears and doesn't last.

NET Bible
He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

American Standard Version
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

English Revised Version
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Young's Literal Translation
As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
















Cross References
James 1:10
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

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:

1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

Job 4:20
They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

Job 8:9
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

Job 15:33
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

Psalm 37:2
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

Psalm 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

Psalm 90:5
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

Psalm 90:6
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

Psalm 102:11
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
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