KJV
ASV
2. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

ESV
2. He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.

ERVEN
2. Our life is like a flower. It grows quickly and then dies away. Our life is like a shadow that is here for a short time and then is gone.

NLT
2. We blossom like a flower and then wither. Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.

WEB
2. He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.

NET
2. He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

NLV
2. He grows up and dries like a flower. He leaves like a shadow and does not stay.

HCSB
2. He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.

YLT
2. As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.

LITV
2. He comes forth like a flower and withers; he also flees like a shadow and does not stand.

RV
2. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

NCV
2. We grow up like flowers and then dry up and die. We are like a passing shadow that does not last.

MKJV
2. He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand.

AKJV
2. He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down: he flees also as a shadow, and continues not.

LXXEN
2. Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue.



KJV
2. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

AMP
2. He comes forth like a flower and withers; he flees also like a shadow and continues not.

KJVP
2. He cometh forth H3318 VQQ3MS like a flower H6731 K-NMS , and is cut down H5243 W-VQY3MS : he fleeth H1272 W-VQY3MS also as a shadow H6738 KD-NMS , and continueth H5975 VQY3MS not H3808 W-NPAR .

YLT
2. As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.

ASV
2. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

WEB
2. He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.

NASB
2. Like a flower that springs up and fades, swift as a shadow that does not abide.

ESV
2. He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.

RV
2. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

RSV
2. He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he flees like a shadow, and continues not.

NKJV
2. He comes forth like a flower and fades away; He flees like a shadow and does not continue.

MKJV
2. He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand.

AKJV
2. He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down: he flees also as a shadow, and continues not.

NRSV
2. comes up like a flower and withers, flees like a shadow and does not last.

NIV
2. He springs up like a flower and withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

NIRV
2. They grow like flowers, and then they dry up. They are like shadows that quickly disappear.

NLT
2. We blossom like a flower and then wither. Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.

MSG
2. We spring up like wildflowers in the desert and then wilt, transient as the shadow of a cloud.

GNB
2. We grow and wither as quickly as flowers; we disappear like shadows.

NET
2. He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

ERVEN
2. Our life is like a flower. It grows quickly and then dies away. Our life is like a shadow that is here for a short time and then is gone.