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Job 14:2 - Meaning and Application
Understand how this verse speaks to what you're facing and how to apply it today
Translation: King James Version
" He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth "
Job 14:2
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth
3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
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Job 14:1
"Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble."
Job 14:3
"And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment"
Job 14:4
"Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one."
Job 14:5
"Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;"
Job 14:6
"Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day."
Job 14:7
"For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease."
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