He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Job 15:33 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He shall fail to bring his grapes to maturity [leaving them to wither unnourished] on the vine and shall cast off blossoms [and fail to bring forth fruit] like the olive tree. American Standard Version (1901) He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree. Common English Bible like the vine, they will drop early grapes and cast off their blossoms like the olive. Catholic Public Domain Version He will be wounded like a grapevine, when its cluster is in first flower, and like an olive tree that casts off its flower. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive-tree that casteth its flower. |
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.