Job 14:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

He commeth vp, and is cut downe like a floure: He fleeth as it were a shadow, and neuer continueth in one state.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 8:9 : 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and consider not that our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe.)
  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For all fleshe is as grasse, and all the glorie of man, is as the flowre of grasse. The grasse withereth, and the flowre falleth away:
  • Isa 40:6-8 : 6 The same voyce spake: Nowe crye. And the prophete aunswered, What shall I crye? That all fleshe is grasse, and that all the goodlinesse therof is as the floure of the fielde. 7 The grasse is withered, the floure falleth away, for the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them: of a trueth the people are grasse. 8 The grasse withereth, and the floure fadeth away: yet the worde of our God endureth for euer.
  • Ps 103:15-16 : 15 The dayes of man are as the dayes of an hearbe: he florisheth as a flowre in the fielde. 16 For the winde passeth ouer it, and it is no more seene: and the place therof knoweth it no more.
  • 1 Chr 29:15 : 15 For we be but straungers before thee, and soiourners, as were al our fathers: Our dayes on the earth also are but as a shadowe, and there is none abiding.
  • Ps 102:11 : 11 My dayes fade away lyke a shadowe: and I am wythered lyke grasse.
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man is lyke a thyng of naught: his dayes be lyke a shadowe that passeth away.
  • Jas 1:10-11 : 10 Agayne, the riche, in that he is made lowe: Because as the flowre of the grasse he shall passe away. 11 For the sunne hath rysen with heate, and the grasse hath withered, and his flowre hath fallen away, & the beautie of the fashion of it hath perished: So also shall the ryche man fade away in his wayes.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 And yet can not ye tel what shall happen on the morowe. For what thyng is your lyfe? It is euen a vapour, that appeareth for a litle tyme, and then he vanisheth away.
  • Eccl 8:13 : 13 Againe, as for the vngodly it shall not be well with him, neither shall he prolong his dayes: but euen as a shadowe, so shall he be that feareth not God.
  • Job 9:25-26 : 25 My dayes are more swyft then a runner, they are gone & haue seene no good thing. 26 They are passed away as the shippes that be good vnder sayle, & as the eagle that fleeth to the pray.
  • Ps 90:5-9 : 5 Thou makest them to flowe away, they are a sleepe: they be in the morning as an hearbe that groweth. 6 In the mornyng it florisheth and groweth vp: in the euenyng it is cut downe and wythered. 7 For we be consumed through thy displeasure: and we are astonyed through thy wrathfull indignation. 8 Thou hast set our misdeedes before thee: and our sinnes wherof we be not priuie, in the lyght of thy countenaunce. 9 For all our dayes do passe in thine anger: we spende our yeres as in speaking a worde.
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 Wheras the vngodly do bud vp greene as the grasse, and wheras all workers of iniquitie do florishe: that they notwithstandyng shalbe destroyed for euer and euer.
  • Ps 92:12 : 12 The ryghteous shall florishe lyke a paulme tree: and shall spread abroade like a Cedar in Libanus.

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    4 Man is lyke a thyng of naught: his dayes be lyke a shadowe that passeth away.

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  • Ps 103:15-16
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    15 The dayes of man are as the dayes of an hearbe: he florisheth as a flowre in the fielde.

    16 For the winde passeth ouer it, and it is no more seene: and the place therof knoweth it no more.

  • Job 14:5-12
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    5 The dayes of man surely are determined, the number of his monethes are knowen onely vnto thee, thou hast appoynted him his bondes which he can not go beyonde.

    6 Go from him, that he may rest vntill his day come which he loketh for, lyke as an hireling doth.

    7 For if a tree be cut downe, there is some hope yet that it wyll sproute and shoote foorth the braunches againe.

    8 Though the roote of it be waxen olde, and the stocke thereof be dead in the grounde:

    9 Yet when it getteth the sent of water, it wyll budde and bring foorth bowes, lyke as a tree that is planted.

    10 But as for man, when he is dead, perished, and consumed away, what becommeth of him?

    11 As the waters passe from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and dryeth vp:

    12 So man after he is asleepe ryseth not, he shall not wake tyll the heauens be no more, nor rise out of his sleepe.

  • Job 14:3
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    3 Doest thou open thyne eyes vpon such one, and bringest me into thy iudgement?

  • Jas 1:10-11
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    10 Agayne, the riche, in that he is made lowe: Because as the flowre of the grasse he shall passe away.

    11 For the sunne hath rysen with heate, and the grasse hath withered, and his flowre hath fallen away, & the beautie of the fashion of it hath perished: So also shall the ryche man fade away in his wayes.

  • Ps 90:6
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    6 In the mornyng it florisheth and groweth vp: in the euenyng it is cut downe and wythered.

  • Job 20:7-8
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    7 Yet at a turne he perisheth for euer, insomuch that they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is he?

    8 He shall vanishe as a dreame, so that he can no more be founde, and shal passe away as a vision in the night.

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    12 No, but whilste it is nowe in his greennesse, though it be not cut downe, yet withereth it before any other hearbe:

  • Ps 146:4
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    4 Blessed is he vnto whom the God of Iacob is an ayde: his trust is in God his Lorde.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    9 The cloude is consumed and vanished away: so he that goeth downe to the graue shall come no more vp,

    10 Nor turne againe into his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more.

  • Eccl 6:4
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    4 For he commeth to naught, & spendeth his tyme in darknesse, and his name is forgotten.

  • Job 15:29-30
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    29 He shall not be riche, neither shall his substaunce continue, neither shal the prosperitie thereof be prolonged vpon earth.

    30 He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse, the flame shal drye vp his branches, with the blast of ye mouth of God shall he be taken away.

  • Ps 102:11
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    11 My dayes fade away lyke a shadowe: and I am wythered lyke grasse.

  • Job 14:14
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    14 May a dead man lyue againe? All the dayes of my lyfe wyll I wayte still, till my chaunging shall come.

  • Eccl 5:15-16
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    15 Lyke as he came naked out of his mothers wombe, so goeth he thyther agayne, and caryeth nothyng away with him of all his labour.

    16 This is a miserable plague, that he shall go euen as he came away: What helpeth it him then that he hath laboured in the wynde?

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    24 For all fleshe is as grasse, and all the glorie of man, is as the flowre of grasse. The grasse withereth, and the flowre falleth away:

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    14 For we must nedes dye, and are as wather spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered vp againe: Neither doth God spare any person, yet doth he appoynt meanes that his banished be not vtterly expelled from him.

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    15 All fleshe shall come to naught at once, and all men shall turne againe vnto dust.

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    6 My dayes passe ouer more spedyly then a weauers shuttle, and are spent without hope.

  • Job 18:16-18
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    16 His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his braunche be cut downe.

    17 His remembraunce shall perishe from the earth, and he shall haue no name in the streete.

    18 They shall driue him from the light into darkenesse, and chaste him cleane out of the worlde.

  • Jas 4:14
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    14 And yet can not ye tel what shall happen on the morowe. For what thyng is your lyfe? It is euen a vapour, that appeareth for a litle tyme, and then he vanisheth away.

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    20 Thou preuaylest still against him, so that he passeth away: thou chaungest his estate and puttest him from thee.

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    47 Remember what I am, howe short my tyme is of lyfe: wherfore hast thou created in vayne all the sonnes of men?

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  • Job 8:16
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    16 It is a greene tree before the sunne, & shooteth foorth the braunches ouer his garden.

  • Job 24:22
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    22 He drue the mightie after hym with his power, and when he was gotten vp no man was sure of lyfe.

  • Isa 40:7
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    7 The grasse is withered, the floure falleth away, for the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them: of a trueth the people are grasse.

  • Job 8:9
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    9 (For we are but of yesterday, and consider not that our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe.)

  • Ps 37:36
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    36 And he vanished away, so that he could be no more seene: I sought hym, but he coulde no where be founde.

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    12 Myne age is folden together & taken away from me lyke a sheepheardes cotage, I haue hewen of my lyfe by my sinnes, lyke as a weauer cutteth of his webbe: He wyll with pinyng sicknesse make an ende of me, yea he wyll make an ende of me in one day.

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    20 They shalbe smitten from the morning vnto the euening: yea they shall perishe for euer, when no man regardeth them.

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    20 Are not my dayes fewe? Let him then leaue of fro me, and let me a lone, that I may comfort my selfe a litle,

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    32 Yet shall he be brought to his graue, and dwell among the heape of the dead.