King James Version
Job 14:2 in the King James Version says “He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.” — study this verse from Job chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.”
Job 14:2 · KJV
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. few: Heb. short of days
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. can: Heb. will give
KJV Study — Public Domain
“like a flower”
H6731properly, glistening, i.e., a burnished plate; a wing (as gleaming in the air)
“He cometh forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and continueth”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
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