Job 14:2

NETBible

He grows up 1  like a flower and then withers away; 2  he flees like a shadow, and does not remain. 3 

NIV ©

He springs up like a flower and withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

NASB ©

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

NLT ©

Like a flower, we blossom for a moment and then wither. Like the shadow of a passing cloud, we quickly disappear.

MSG ©

We spring up like wildflowers in the desert and then wilt, transient as the shadow of a cloud.

BBE ©

He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.

NRSV ©

comes up like a flower and withers, flees like a shadow and does not last.

NKJV ©

He comes forth like a flower and fades away; He flees like a shadow and does not continue.

KJV
He cometh forth
<03318> (8804)
like a flower
<06731>_,
and is cut down
<05243> (8799)_:
he fleeth
<01272> (8799)
also as a shadow
<06738>_,
and continueth
<05975> (8799)
not.
NASB ©
"Like a flower
<6731>
he comes
<3318>
forth
<3318>
and withers
<4448>
. He also flees
<1272>
like a shadow
<6738>
and does not remain
<5975>
.
LXXM
h
<2228> 
CONJ
wsper
<3746> 
ADV
anyov
<438> 
N-NSN
anyhsan {V-AAPNS} exepesen
<1601> 
V-AAI-3S
apedra {V-AAI-3S} de
<1161> 
PRT
wsper
<3746> 
ADV
skia
<4639> 
N-NSF
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
ou
<3364> 
ADV
mh
<3165> 
ADV
sth
<2476> 
V-AAS-3S
NET [draft] ITL
He grows up
<03318>
like a flower
<06731>
and then withers away
<05243>
; he flees
<01272>
like a shadow
<06738>
, and does not
<03808>
remain
<05975>
.
HEBREW
dwmey
<05975>
alw
<03808>
luk
<06738>
xrbyw
<01272>
lmyw
<05243>
auy
<03318>
Uyuk (14:2)
<06731>
NETBible

He grows up 1  like a flower and then withers away; 2  he flees like a shadow, and does not remain. 3 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb יָצָא (yatsa’, “comes forth”). The perfect verb expresses characteristic action and so is translated by the present tense (see GKC 329 §111.s).

2 tn The verb וַיִּמָּל (vayyimmal) is from the root מָלַל (malal, “to languish; to wither”) and not from a different root מָלַל (malal, “to cut off”).

3 tn The verb is “and he does not stand.” Here the verb means “to stay fixed; to abide.” The shadow does not stay fixed, but continues to advance toward darkness.