Verse 2

As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 8:9 : 9 (For of yesterday we `are', and we know not, For a shadow `are' our days on earth.)
  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 because all flesh `is' as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,
  • Isa 40:6-8 : 6 A voice is saying, `Call,' And he said, `What do I call?' All flesh `is' grass, and all its goodliness `is' As a flower of the field: 7 Withered hath grass, faded the flower, For the Spirit of Jehovah blew upon it, Surely the people `is' grass; 8 Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever.
  • Ps 103:15-16 : 15 Mortal man! as grass `are' his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth; 16 For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more.
  • 1 Chr 29:15 : 15 for sojourners we `are' before Thee, and settlers, like all our fathers; as a shadow `are' our days on the land, and there is none abiding.
  • Ps 102:11 : 11 My days as a shadow `are' stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered.
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man to vanity hath been like, His days `are' as a shadow passing by.
  • Jas 1:10-11 : 10 and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away; 11 for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;
  • Eccl 8:13 : 13 And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.
  • Job 9:25-26 : 25 My days have been swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have not seen good, 26 They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food.
  • Ps 90:5-9 : 5 Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth. 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered. 7 For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face, 9 For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a meditation.
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!
  • Ps 92:12 : 12 The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.