Job 14:2 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
English ASV
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
English Amplified
He comes forth like a flower and withers; he flees also like a shadow and continues not.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
He comes forth like a flower and withers; he flees also like a shadow and continues not.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
English EASY 2024
He is like a flower that grows and then it soon dies. His life quickly disappears like a shadow.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
Our life is like a flower. It grows quickly and then dies away. Our life is like a shadow that is here for a short time and then is gone.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
We grow and wither as quickly as flowers; we disappear like shadows.
English God's Word - GW 1995
He comes up like a flower; then he withers. He is like a fleeting shadow; he doesn't stay long.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.
English KJV 1611
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
English LSB
Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not stand.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
He comes forth like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and does not continue.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Like a flower that springs up and fades, swift as a shadow that does not abide.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
They grow like flowers, and then they dry up. They are like shadows that quickly disappear.
English NIV
He springs up like a flower and withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
English NKJ 1982
He comes forth like a flower and fades away; He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
English NLT
Like a flower, we blossom for a moment and then wither. Like the shadow of a passing cloud, we quickly disappear.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
comes up like a flower and withers, flees like a shadow and does not last.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he flees like a shadow, and continues not.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
He blossoms for a moment like a flower—and withers; as the shadow of a passing cloud, he quickly disappears.
English Tyndale 1537
He cometh up and falleth away like a flower. He flyeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one state.