Verse Comparison: Job 14:2
American Standard Version
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Amplified® Bible
He comes forth like a flower and withers; he flees also like a shadow and continues not.
Contemporary English Version
We are flowers that fade and shadows that vanish.
Darby English Version
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
Good News Bible
We grow and wither as quickly as flowers; we disappear like shadows.
King James Version
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
New American Standard Bible
"Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
New International Version
He springs up like a flower and withers away;
like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
New King James Version
He comes forth like a flower and fades away;
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" Like a flower he comes forth and withers He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
Revised Standard Version
He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he flees like a shadow, and continues 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.
