Job 14:2

He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.

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In context

Before · Job 14:1

1“Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

2He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.

After · Job 14:3–4

3Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you? 4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.