Job 14:2 Cross References

Job 14:2

2: Like a flower, we blossom for a moment and then wither. Like the shadow of a passing cloud, we quickly disappear.

Job 8:9

  1. For we were born but yesterday and know so little. Our days on earth are as transient as a shadow.

Isaiah 40:6

  1. A voice said, "Shout!" I asked, "What should I shout?Shout that people are like the grass that dies away. Their beauty fades as quickly as the beauty of flowers in a field.
  2. The grass withers, and the flowers fade beneath the breath of the LORD. And so it is with people.
  3. The grass withers, and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever."

Psalms 103:15

  1. Our days on earth are like grass; like wildflowers, we bloom and die.
  2. The wind blows, and we are gone--as though we had never been here.

1 Peter 1:24

  1. As the prophet says, "People are like grass that dies away; their beauty fades as quickly as the beauty of wildflowers. The grass withers, and the flowers fall away.

1 Chronicles 29:15

  1. We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a shadow, gone so soon without a trace.

James 4:14

  1. How do you know what will happen tomorrow? For your life is like the morning fog--it's here a little while, then it's gone.

Psalms 102:11

  1. My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows. I am withering like grass.

Psalms 144:4

  1. For we are like a breath of air; our days are like a passing shadow.

James 1:10

  1. And those who are rich should be glad, for God has humbled them. They will fade away like a flower in the field.
  2. The hot sun rises and dries up the grass; the flower withers, and its beauty fades away. So also, wealthy people will fade away with all of their achievements.

Job 9:25

  1. "My life passes more swiftly than a runner. It flees away, filled with tragedy.
  2. It disappears like a swift boat, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.

Psalms 92:12

  1. But the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

  1. The wicked will never live long, good lives, for they do not fear God. Their days will never grow long like the evening shadows.

Psalms 90:5

  1. You sweep people away like dreams that disappear or like grass that springs up in the morning.
  2. In the morning it blooms and flourishes, but by evening it is dry and withered.
  3. We wither beneath your anger; we are overwhelmed by your fury.
  4. You spread out our sins before you--our secret sins--and you see them all.
  5. We live our lives beneath your wrath. We end our lives with a groan.

Psalms 92:7

  1. Although the wicked flourish like weeds, and evildoers blossom with success, there is only eternal destruction ahead of them.
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