Job 14:2

New International Reader's Version

They grow like flowers, and then they dry up. They are like shadows that quickly disappear.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:15

We are outsiders and strangers in your sight. So were all of our people who lived long ago. Our days on this earth are like a shadow. We don’t have any hope.

Job 15:33

They’ll be like vines that are stripped of their unripe grapes. They’ll be like olive trees that drop their flowers.

Job 4:20

Between sunrise and sunset they are broken to pieces. Nobody even notices. They disappear forever.

Job 8:9

After all, we were born only yesterday. So we don’t know anything. Our days on this earth are like a shadow that disappears.

Psalm 102:11

The days of my life are like an evening shadow. I dry up like grass.

Psalm 102:12

But Lord, you are seated on your throne forever. Your fame will continue for all time to come.

Psalm 102:5

I groan out loud because of my suffering. I’m nothing but skin and bones.

Psalm 144:4

Their lives don’t last any longer than a breath. Their days are like a shadow that quickly disappears.

Psalm 37:2

Like grass, they will soon dry up. Like green plants, they will soon die.

Psalm 39:5

You have given me only a few days to live. My whole life doesn’t seem like anything to you. No one lasts any longer than a breath. This is true even for those who feel secure.

Psalm 39:7

“Lord, what can I look forward to now? You are the only hope I have.

Psalm 92:12

Those who do what is right will grow like a palm tree. They will grow strong like a cedar tree in Lebanon.

Psalm 92:7

Those who are evil spring up like grass. Those who do wrong succeed. But they will be destroyed forever.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

Sinful people don’t respect God. So things won’t go well with them. Like a shadow, they won’t be around very long.

James 4:14

You don’t even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist that appears for a little while. Then it disappears.

1 Peter 1:24

It is written, “All people are like grass. All their glory is like the flowers in the field. The grass dries up. The flowers fall to the ground.