King James Version

Job 14:2

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

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כְּצִ֣יץketsitsas flowerצִיץpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as flower”, the ordinary formH6731properly, glistening, i.e. a burnished plate; also a flower (as bright-colored); a wing (as gleaming in the air)blossom, flower, plate, wing.יָ֭צָאyatsabring forthיָצָאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bring forth”, a completed actionH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…וַיִּמָּ֑לvayimaland circumciseנָמַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and circumcise”, the next action in the storyH5243to become clipped or (specifically) circumcised(branch to) be cut down (off), circumcise.וַיִּבְרַ֥חvayivrachand fleeבָּרַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and flee”, the next action in the storyH1272to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenlychase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.כַּ֝צֵּ֗לkatselas shadeצֵלpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as shade”, the ordinary formH6738shade, whether literal or figurativedefence, shade(-ow).וְלֹ֣אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יַעֲמֽוֹדyaamodstandעָמַדverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “stand”, an unfinished actionH5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, [phrase] serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, m…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.

Darby Translation

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.

Douay-Rheims

Who cometh forth like a flower, and is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and never continueth in the same state.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἢ ὥσπερ ἄνθος ἀνθῆσαν ἐξέπεσεν, ἀπέδρα δὲ ὥσπερ σκιὰ, καὶ οὐ μὴ στῇ.