He blossoms like a flower, then withers;(A)
he flees like a shadow and does not last.

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They spring up like flowers(A) and wither away;(B)
    like fleeting shadows,(C) they do not endure.(D)

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11 My days are like a lengthening shadow,
and I wither away like grass.(A)

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11 My days are like the evening shadow;(A)
    I wither(B) away like grass.

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15 As for man, his days are like grass—
he blooms like a flower of the field;(A)

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15 The life of mortals is like grass,(A)
    they flourish like a flower(B) of the field;

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