“He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.”
Job 14:2 (KJV)
Context Reading
1Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. 2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? 4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.