Job 14:2

Job Continues To Argue His Case With God

¹ “Man, who is born of a woman,
Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
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“Like a flower he comes forth and withers;
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
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“You also open Your eyes upon him
And bring him into judgment with Yourself.

Job

Job 8:9

“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are [like] a shadow [just a breath or a vapor].

1 Peter 1:24

For,“All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,

1 Chronicles 29:15

For we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope [of remaining].

Job 9:25-26

“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.

Psalm 90:5-9

You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep [forgotten as soon as they are gone];
In the morning they are like grass which grows anew—

Psalm 92:7

That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.

Psalm 92:12

The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful];
They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and stable].

Psalm 102:11

My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun];
And as for me, I wither away like grass.

Psalm 103:15-16

As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

Psalm 144:4

Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

But it will not be well for the evil man, nor will he lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.

Isaiah 40:6-8

A voice says, “Call out [prophesy].”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
[The voice answered:] All humanity is [as frail as] grass, and all that makes it attractive [its charm, its loveliness] is [momentary] like the flower of the field.

James 1:10-11

and the rich man is to glory in being humbled [by trials revealing human frailty, knowing true riches are found in the grace of God], for like the flower of the grass he will pass away.

James 4:14

Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [What is secure in your life?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air].