Job 14:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 14:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 14:2 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 14:2 — KJV
“He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.”
— Job 14:2 (KJV)
Job 14:2 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 14:2
“And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.”
Shares key themes with Job 14:2: like, cut, down
“And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.”
Shares key themes with Job 14:2: cometh, forth, also
“And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? lay: Heb. fell”
Shares key themes with Job 14:2: like, down, also
“And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: who...: Heb. great of acts lionlike...: Heb. lion of God”
Shares key themes with Job 14:2: like, down, also
“Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. who had...: Heb. great of deeds”
Shares key themes with Job 14:2: like, down, also
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