Job 14:2 Cross References - NSB

² »He springs up like a flower and fades away. He is like a fleeting shadow and does not endure.

¹⁵ »You know, O Jehovah that we pass through life like exiles and strangers, as our ancestors did. Our days are like a passing shadow, and we cannot escape death.

⁹ »After all we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are a mere shadow.

²⁵ »My days are swifter than a runner! They flee away and see no good. ²⁶ »They pass by like swift ships, like an eagle swooping on its prey.

⁵ You sweep mortals away in the sleep of death. They sprout again in the morning like grass. ⁶ In the morning they blossom and sprout. In the evening they fade and wither away. ⁷ Your anger consumes us. We are troubled by your rage. ⁸ You set our sins in front of you. You put our secret sins in the light of your presence. ⁹ Indeed, all our days slip away because of your fury. We live out our years like one long sigh.

⁷ Wicked people sprout like grass and all troublemakers flourish. Yet they will be destroyed forever.

¹² Righteous people flourish like palm trees and grow tall like the cedars in Lebanon.

¹¹ My days are like a lengthened shadow and I wither away like grass.

¹⁵ Man’s days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. ¹⁶ The wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place shall know it no more.

⁴ Man is like a mere breath. His days are like a passing shadow.

¹³ Things will not go well with the wicked. He will not prolong his days. His days are like a shadow. He does not respect God.

⁶ A voice shouts: »Cry out!« And I said: »What shall I cry?« The voice shouts: »All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. ⁷ »The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of Jehovah blows on them. Surely the people are grass. ⁸ »The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.«

¹⁰ But the rich must be glad when God humbles them. This is because they will wither like wildflowers and pass away. ¹¹ The sun rises with scorching heat and withers the grass. The flower falls off and its beauty perishes. So also the rich man will fade away in his pursuits.

¹⁴ You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a vapor (puff of air) that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

²⁴ All people are like grass. All their glory is like the blossom of a flower. The grass withers and the flower drops off.