Verse 2

He cometh forth{H3318}{(H8804)} like a flower{H6731}, and is cut down{H5243}{(H8799)}: he fleeth{H1272}{(H8799)} also as a shadow{H6738}, and continueth{H5975}{(H8799)} not.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 8:9 : 9 (For we are but of yesterday{H8543}, and know{H3045}{(H8799)} nothing, because our days{H3117} upon earth{H776} are a shadow{H6738}:)
  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For{G1360} all{G3956} flesh{G4561} is as{G5613} grass{G5528}, and{G2532} all{G3956} the glory{G1391} of man{G444} as{G5613} the flower{G438} of grass{G5528}. The grass{G5528} withereth{G3583}{(G5681)}, and{G2532} the flower{G438} thereof{G846} falleth away{G1601}{(G5627)}:
  • Isa 40:6-8 : 6 The voice{H6963} said{H559}{(H8802)}, Cry{H7121}{(H8798)}. And he said{H559}{(H8804)}, What shall I cry{H7121}{(H8799)}? All flesh{H1320} is grass{H2682}, and all the goodliness{H2617} thereof is as the flower{H6731} of the field{H7704}: 7 The grass{H2682} withereth{H3001}{(H8804)}, the flower{H6731} fadeth{H5034}{(H8804)}: because the spirit{H7307} of the LORD{H3068} bloweth{H5380}{(H8804)} upon it: surely{H403} the people{H5971} is grass{H2682}. 8 The grass{H2682} withereth{H3001}{(H8804)}, the flower{H6731} fadeth{H5034}{(H8804)}: but the word{H1697} of our God{H430} shall stand{H6965}{(H8799)} for ever{H5769}.
  • Ps 103:15-16 : 15 As for man{H582}, his days{H3117} are as grass{H2682}: as a flower{H6731} of the field{H7704}, so he flourisheth{H6692}{(H8686)}. 16 For the wind{H7307} passeth over{H5674}{(H8804)} it, and it is gone; and the place{H4725} thereof shall know{H5234}{(H8686)} it no more.
  • 1 Chr 29:15 : 15 For we are strangers{H1616} before{H6440} thee, and sojourners{H8453}, as were all our fathers{H1}: our days{H3117} on the earth{H776} are as a shadow{H6738}, and there is none abiding{H4723}.
  • Ps 102:11 : 11 My days{H3117} are like a shadow{H6738} that declineth{H5186}{(H8803)}; and I am withered{H3001}{(H8799)} like grass{H6212}.
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man{H120} is like{H1819}{(H8804)} to vanity{H1892}: his days{H3117} are as a shadow{H6738} that passeth away{H5674}{(H8802)}.
  • Jas 1:10-11 : 10 But{G1161} the rich{G4145}, in{G1722} that he{G846} is made low{G5014}: because{G3754} as{G5613} the flower{G438} of the grass{G5528} he shall pass away{G3928}{(G5695)}. 11 For{G1063} the sun{G2246} is no sooner risen{G393}{(G5656)} with{G4862} a burning heat{G2742}, but{G2532} it withereth{G3583}{(G5656)} the grass{G5528}, and{G2532} the flower{G438} thereof{G846} falleth{G1601}{(G5627)}, and{G2532} the grace{G2143} of the fashion{G4383} of it{G846} perisheth{G622}{(G5639)}: so{G3779} also{G2532} shall{G3133} the rich man{G4145} fade away{G3133}{(G5701)} in{G1722} his{G846} ways{G4197}.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 Whereas{G3748} ye know{G1987}{(G5736)} not{G3756} what{G3588} shall be on the morrow{G839}. For{G1063} what{G4169} is your{G5216} life{G2222}? It is{G2076}{(G5748)} even{G1063} a vapour{G822}, that{G4314} appeareth for{G5316}{(G5730)} a little time{G3641}, and{G1161} then{G1899} vanisheth away{G853}{(G5746)}.
  • Eccl 8:13 : 13 But it shall not be well{H2896} with the wicked{H7563}, neither shall he prolong{H748}{(H8686)} his days{H3117}, which are as a shadow{H6738}; because he feareth{H3373} not before{H6440} God{H430}.
  • Job 9:25-26 : 25 Now my days{H3117} are swifter{H7043}{(H8804)} than a post{H7323}{(H8801)}: they flee away{H1272}{(H8804)}, they see{H7200}{(H8804)} no good{H2896}. 26 They are passed away{H2498}{(H8804)} as{H5973} the swift{H16} ships{H591}: as the eagle{H5404} that hasteth{H2907}{(H8799)} to the prey{H400}.
  • Ps 90:5-9 : 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood{H2229}{H8804)}; they are as a sleep{H8142}: in the morning{H1242} they are like grass{H2682} which groweth up{H2498}{H8799)}. 6 In the morning{H1242} it flourisheth{H6692}{H8686)}, and groweth up{H2498}{H8804)}; in the evening{H6153} it is cut down{H4135}{H8787)}, and withereth{H3001}{H8804)}. 7 For we are consumed{H3615}{H8804)} by thine anger{H639}, and by thy wrath{H2534} are we troubled{H926}{H8738)}. 8 Thou hast set{H7896}{H8804)} our iniquities{H5771} before thee, our secret{H5956}{H8803)} sins in the light{H3974} of thy countenance{H6440}. 9 For all our days{H3117} are passed away{H6437}{H8804)} in thy wrath{H5678}: we spend{H3615}{H8765)} our years{H8141} as a tale{H1899} that is told.
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked{H7563} spring{H6524}{H8800)} as the grass{H6212}, and when all the workers{H6466}{H8802)} of iniquity{H205} do flourish{H6692}{H8686)}; it is that they shall be destroyed{H8045}{H8736)} for ever{H5703}:
  • Ps 92:12 : 12 The righteous{H6662} shall flourish{H6524}{H8799)} like the palm tree{H8558}: he shall grow{H7685}{H8799)} like a cedar{H730} in Lebanon{H3844}.