He grows up like a flower, and is cut down.
He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Job 14:2 in context
Job 14:1–5
1
“Man, who is born of a woman,
is of few days, and full of trouble.
2
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He grows up like a flower, and is cut down.
He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.
3
Do you open your eyes on such a one,
and bring me into judgment with you?
4
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
Not one.
5
Seeing his days are determined,
the number of his months is with you,
and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass.
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