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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
כציץ יצא וימל ויברח כצל ולא יעמוד
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
kTSyTS yTSA vyml vybrKH kTSl vlA y`mvd

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
quasi flos egreditur et conteritur et fugit velut umbra et numquam in eodem statu permanet

King James Variants
American King James Version   
He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down: he flees also as a shadow, and continues not.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down: he flees also as a shadow, and continues not.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Authorized (King James) Version   
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
New King James Version   
He comes forth like a flower and fades away; He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
21st Century King James Version   
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Darby Bible Translation   
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Who cometh forth like a flower, and is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and never continueth in the same state.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.
God's Word   
He comes up like a flower; then he withers. He is like a fleeting shadow; he doesn't stay long.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.
International Standard Version   
He springs up like a flower and then withers. Like a shadow, he disappears and doesn't last.
NET Bible   
He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.
New American Standard Bible   
"Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
New International Version   
They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.
New Living Translation   
We blossom like a flower and then wither. Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.
Webster's Bible Translation   
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
The World English Bible   
He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.
EasyEnglish Bible   
He is like a flower that grows and then it soon dies. His life quickly disappears like a shadow.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
New Life Version   
He grows up and dries like a flower. He leaves like a shadow and does not stay.
The Voice Bible   
Like a short-lived bloom, he springs up only to wither; like the brief shade gained by a fast-moving cloud, he passes swiftly.
Living Bible   
He blossoms for a moment like a flower—and withers; as the shadow of a passing cloud, he quickly disappears.
New Catholic Bible   
He blossoms like a flower and soon begins to wither; as fleeting as a shadow, he does not endure.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not stand.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
He comes forth like an open flower and is cut down; he flees as a shadow and does not remain.
Christian Standard Bible   
He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
He comes forth like a flower and withers; he flees also like a shadow and continues not.
New Century Version   
We grow up like flowers and then dry up and die. We are like a passing shadow that does not last.
The Message   
“We’re all adrift in the same boat: too few days, too many troubles. We spring up like wildflowers in the desert and then wilt, transient as the shadow of a cloud. Do you occupy your time with such fragile wisps? Why even bother hauling me into court? There’s nothing much to us to start with; how do you expect us to amount to anything? Mortals have a limited life span. You’ve already decided how long we’ll live— you set the boundary and no one can cross it. So why not give us a break? Ease up! Even ditchdiggers get occasional days off. For a tree there is always hope. Chop it down and it still has a chance— its roots can put out fresh sprouts. Even if its roots are old and gnarled, its stump long dormant, At the first whiff of water it comes to life, buds and grows like a sapling. But men and women? They die and stay dead. They breathe their last, and that’s it. Like lakes and rivers that have dried up, parched reminders of what once was, So mortals lie down and never get up, never wake up again—never. Why don’t you just bury me alive, get me out of the way until your anger cools? But don’t leave me there! Set a date when you’ll see me again. If we humans die, will we live again? That’s my question. All through these difficult days I keep hoping, waiting for the final change—for resurrection! Homesick with longing for the creature you made, you’ll call—and I’ll answer! You’ll watch over every step I take, but you won’t keep track of my missteps. My sins will be stuffed in a sack and thrown into the sea—sunk in deep ocean.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
He blossoms like a flower, but soon withers. He recedes like a shadow and does not remain.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
comes up like a flower and withers, flees like a shadow and does not last.
Good News Translation®   
We grow and wither as quickly as flowers; we disappear like shadows.
Wycliffe Bible   
And he goeth out, and is defouled as a flower; and he fleeth away as a shadow, and dwelleth never perfectly in that same state. (And he goeth out, and withereth like a flower; and then he fleeth away like a shadow, and never again dwelleth in that same state.)
Contemporary English Version   
We are flowers that fade and shadows that vanish.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he flees like a shadow, and continues not.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
comes up like a flower and withers, flees like a shadow and does not last.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
comes up like a flower and withers, flees like a shadow and does not last.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Like a flower, we bloom, then wither, flee like a shadow, and don’t last.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
“Like a flower he comes forth and withers; He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Like a flower that springs up and fades, swift as a shadow that does not abide.
New American Standard Bible   
Like a flower he comes out and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
The Expanded Bible   
·We [L They] grow up like flowers and then ·dry up and die [L wither]. ·We are like a passing [L …and flee like a] shadow that does not last.
Tree of Life Version   
Like a flower he comes up and withers; like a shadow he flees and does not stay.
Revised Standard Version   
He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he flees like a shadow, and continues not.
New International Reader's Version   
They grow like flowers, and then they dry up. They are like shadows that quickly disappear.
BRG Bible   
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Complete Jewish Bible   
He comes up like a flower and withers away, flees like a shadow, doesn’t last.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
comes up like a flower and withers, flees like a shadow and does not last.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
He cometh forth like a tzitz (flower), and is cut down; he fleeth also as a tzel, and continueth not.
Names of God Bible   
He comes up like a flower; then he withers. He is like a fleeting shadow; he doesn’t stay long.
Modern English Version   
He comes forth like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and does not continue.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Our life is like a flower that grows quickly and then dies away. Our life is like a shadow that is here for a short time and then is gone.
International Children’s Bible   
We grow up like flowers and then dry up and go away. We are like a passing shadow that does not last.
Lexham English Bible   
Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.
New International Version - UK   
They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.