Job 14:2
Context| NETBible | He grows up 1 like a flower and then withers away; 2 he flees like a shadow, and does not remain. 3 |
| XREF | 1Ch 29:15; Job 8:9; Job 9:25,26; Ps 90:5-9; Ps 92:7,12; Ps 102:11; Ps 103:15,16; Ps 144:4; Ec 8:13; Isa 40:6-8; Jas 1:10,11; Jas 4:14; 1Pe 1:24 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb יָצָא (yatsa’, “comes forth”). The perfect verb expresses characteristic action and so is translated by the present tense (see GKC 329 §111.s). 2 tn The verb וַיִּמָּל (vayyimmal) is from the root מָלַל (malal, “to languish; to wither”) and not from a different root מָלַל (malal, “to cut off”). 3 tn The verb is “and he does not stand.” Here the verb means “to stay fixed; to abide.” The shadow does not stay fixed, but continues to advance toward darkness. |
