Job 14:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 8:9 : 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)
  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For all flesh is as grasse, and all the glorie of man is as the flower of grasse. The grasse withereth, and the flower falleth away.
  • Isa 40:6-8 : 6 A voyce saide, Crie; he saide, What shall I crie? All flesh is grasse, and all the grace thereof is as the floure of the fielde. 7 The grasse withereth, the floure fadeth, because the Spirite of the Lorde bloweth vpon it: surely the people is grasse. 8 The grasse withereth, the floure fadeth: but the worde of our God shall stand for euer.
  • Ps 103:15-16 : 15 The dayes of man are as grasse: as a flowre of the fielde, so florisheth he. 16 For the winde goeth ouer it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall knowe it no more.
  • 1 Chr 29:15 : 15 For we are stragers before thee, & soiourners, like all our fathers: our dayes are like ye shadowe vpon the earth, & there is none abiding.
  • Ps 102:11 : 11 My dayes are like a shadowe that fadeth, and I am withered like grasse.
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man is like to vanitie: his dayes are like a shadow, that vanisheth.
  • Jas 1:10-11 : 10 Againe hee that is rich, in that hee is made lowe: for as the flower of the grasse, shall he vanish away. 11 For as when the sunne riseth with heate, then the grasse withereth, and his flower falleth away, and the goodly shape of it perisheth: euen so shall the rich man wither away in all his waies.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 (And yet ye cannot tell what shalbe to morowe. For what is your life? It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and afterward vanisheth away)
  • Eccl 8:13 : 13 But it shall not be well to the wicked, neither shall he prolong his dayes: he shall be like a shadowe, because he feareth not before God.
  • Job 9:25-26 : 25 My dayes haue bene more swift then a post: they haue fled, and haue seene no good thing. 26 They are passed as with the most swift ships, and as the eagle that flyeth to the pray.
  • Ps 90:5-9 : 5 Thou hast ouerflowed them: they are as a sleepe: in the morning he groweth like the grasse: 6 In the morning it florisheth and groweth, but in the euening it is cut downe and withereth. 7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, and our secret sinnes in the light of thy countenance. 9 For all our dayes are past in thine anger: we haue spent our yeeres as a thought.
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 (When the wicked growe as the grasse, and all the workers of wickednesse doe flourish) that they shall be destroyed for euer.
  • Ps 92:12 : 12 The righteous shall flourish like a palme tree, and shall grow like a Cedar in Lebanon.

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    4Man is like to vanitie: his dayes are like a shadow, that vanisheth.

  • Job 14:1
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    1Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.

  • Ps 103:15-16
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    15The dayes of man are as grasse: as a flowre of the fielde, so florisheth he.

    16For the winde goeth ouer it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall knowe it no more.

  • Job 14:5-12
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    5Are not his dayes determined? the nober of his moneths are with thee: thou hast appointed his boundes, which he can not passe.

    6Turne from him that he may cease vntill his desired day, as an hyreling.

    7For there is hope of a tree, if it bee cut downe, that it will yet sproute, and the branches thereof will not cease.

    8Though the roote of it waxe olde in the earth, & the stocke thereof be dead in ye ground,

    9Yet by the sent of water it will bud, and bring foorth boughes like a plant.

    10But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he?

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

    12So man sleepeth and riseth not: for hee shall not wake againe, nor be raised from his sleepe till the heauen be no more.

  • Job 14:3
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    3And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee.

  • Jas 1:10-11
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    10Againe hee that is rich, in that hee is made lowe: for as the flower of the grasse, shall he vanish away.

    11For as when the sunne riseth with heate, then the grasse withereth, and his flower falleth away, and the goodly shape of it perisheth: euen so shall the rich man wither away in all his waies.

  • Ps 90:6
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    6In the morning it florisheth and groweth, but in the euening it is cut downe and withereth.

  • Job 20:7-8
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    7Yet shall hee perish for euer, like his dung, and they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is hee?

    8He shal flee away as a dreame, and they shal not finde him, and shall passe away as a vision of the night,

  • Job 8:12
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    12Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.

  • Ps 146:4
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    4His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth: then his thoughtes perish.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    9As the cloude vanisheth and goeth away, so he that goeth downe to the graue, shall come vp no more.

    10He shall returne no more to his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more.

  • Eccl 6:4
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    4For he commeth into vanitie and goeth into darkenesse: and his name shall be couered with darkenesse.

  • Job 15:29-30
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    29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.

    30He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse: the flame shall drie vp his branches, and he shall goe away with the breath of his mouth.

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    11My dayes are like a shadowe that fadeth, and I am withered like grasse.

  • Job 14:14
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    14If a man die, shall he liue againe? All the dayes of mine appointed time will I waite, till my changing shall come.

  • Eccl 5:15-16
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    15(5:14) As hee came foorth of his mothers belly, he shall returne naked to goe as he came, and shal beare away nothing of his labour, which hee hath caused to passe by his hand.

    16(5:15) And this also is an euill sickenes that in all pointes as he came, so shall he goe, and what profit hath he that he hath traueiled for the winde?

  • 1 Pet 1:24
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    24For all flesh is as grasse, and all the glorie of man is as the flower of grasse. The grasse withereth, and the flower falleth away.

  • 2 Sam 14:14
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    14For we must needes dye, and we are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered vp againe: neither doeth God spare any person, yet doeth he appoynt meanes, not to cast out from him, him that is expelled.

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    12But man shall not continue in honour: he is like the beastes that die.

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    15All flesh shal perish together, and man shal returne vnto dust.

  • Job 7:6
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    6My dayes are swifter then a weauers shittle, and they are spent without hope.

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

    17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall haue no name in the streete.

    18They shall driue him out of the light vnto darkenesse, and chase him out of the world.

  • Jas 4:14
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    14(And yet ye cannot tell what shalbe to morowe. For what is your life? It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and afterward vanisheth away)

  • Job 14:20
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    20Thou preuailest alway against him, so that he passeth away: he changeth his face when thou castest him away.

  • Ps 89:47-48
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    47Remember of what time I am: wherefore shouldest thou create in vaine all the children of men?

    48What man liueth, and shall not see death? shall hee deliuer his soule from the hande of the graue? Selah.

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    16The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.

  • Job 24:22
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    22He draweth also the mighty by his power, and when he riseth vp, none is sure of life.

  • Isa 40:7
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    7The grasse withereth, the floure fadeth, because the Spirite of the Lorde bloweth vpon it: surely the people is grasse.

  • Job 8:9
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    9(For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)

  • Ps 37:36
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    36Yet he passed away, and loe, he was gone, and I sought him, but he could not be founde.

  • Isa 38:12
    72%

    12Mine habitation is departed, and is remoued from me, like a shepheards tent: I haue cut off like a weauer my life: he will cut me off from the height: from day to night, thou wilt make an ende of me.

  • Job 4:20
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    20They be destroyed from the morning vnto the euening: they perish for euer, without regarde.

  • Job 10:20
    71%

    20Are not my dayes fewe? let him cease, and leaue off from me, that I may take a litle comfort,

  • Job 21:32
    71%

    32Yet shal he be brought to the graue, & remaine in the heape.