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Job 14:2 KJV
Job · chapter 14 · verse 2
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
Job 14:2 in context
1Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Commentary
Cross references
- Isaiah 40:6-8
- 1 Peter 1:24
- Job 8:9
- Psalms 103:15-16
- James 4:14
- 1 Chronicles 29:15
- James 1:10-11
- Psalms 144:4
Key words (Strong's)
- flowertsîytsproperly, glisteningH6731 →
- fleethbârachto boltH1272 →
- shadowtsêlshade, whether literal or figurativeH6738 →
- forthyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
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We are here led to think, I. Of the original of human life. God is indeed its great original, for he breathed into man the breath of life and in him we live; but we date it from our birth, and thence we must date both its frailty and its pollution. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6