Job 14:2 | NET2full | STEP | He grows up like a flower and then withers away ; he flees like a shadow and does not remain .

‏ Job 14:2

2 He grows up ^{▼▼tn Heb יָצָא (yatsaʾ, “comes forth”). The perfect verb expresses characteristic action and so is translated by the present tense (see GKC 329 §111.s).} like a flower and then withers away; ^{▼▼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”).}
he flees like a shadow and does not remain. ^{▼▼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.}