14 1 Job describeth the shortness and misery of the life of man. 14 Hope sustaineth the godly. 21 The condition of man’s life.

Man [a]that is born of woman, is of short continuance and full of trouble.

He shooteth forth as a flower, and is cut down: he vanisheth also as a (A)shadow, and continueth not.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:1 Taking occasion of his adversary’s words, he describeth the state of man’s life from his birth to his death.

14 “Mortals, born of woman,(A)
    are of few days(B) and full of trouble.(C)
They spring up like flowers(D) and wither away;(E)
    like fleeting shadows,(F) they do not endure.(G)

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