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The Book of Job, Chapter 14, Verse 2

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Man [that is] born of a woman [is] of few days, and full of trouble.
King James Version
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
American Standard Version
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
New English Translation
He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.
World English Bible
He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.
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And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
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Who can bring a clean [thing] out of an unclean? not one.
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Seeing his days [are] determined, the number of his months [are] with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
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Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
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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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Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
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[Yet] through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
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But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where [is] he?
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[As] the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
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So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.