Job 14:3

And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
open	פָּקַ֣חְתָּ pa.Kach.ta	H6491	to open (the senses · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
eyes	עֵינֶ֑ךָ 'ei.Ne.kha	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
one	זֶ֭ה zeh	H2088	the masculine demonstrative pronoun · demonstrative particle
bringest	תָבִ֖יא ta.Vi'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
judgment	בְמִשְׁפָּ֣ט ve.mish.Pat	H4941	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Psalms 144:3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
Psalms 143:2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Psalms 8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Job 7:17-18 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
Job 9:19-20 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
Job 9:32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
Job 13:25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Job 13:27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 14:1-6

We are here led to think, I. Of the original of human life. God is indeed its great original, for he breathed into man the breath of life and in him we live; but we date it from our birth, and thence we must date both its frailty and its pollution. 1. Its frailty: Man, that is born of a woman, is therefore of few days, Job 14:1. This may refer to the first woman, who was called Eve, because she was the mother of all living. Of her, who being deceived by the tempter was first in the transgression, we are all born, and consequently derive from her that sin and corruption which both shorten our days and sadden them. Or it may refer to every man's immediate mother. The woman is the weaker vessel…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 14:3

open . . . eyes upon--Not in graciousness; but, "Dost Thou sharply fix Thine eyes upon?" (See on Job 7:20; also see on Job 1:7). Is one so frail as man worthy of such constant watching on the part of God? (Zac 12:4). me--so frail. thee--so almighty.

John Gill on Job 14:3

And dost thou open thine eyes on such an one,.... So frail and feeble, so short lived and sorrowful, so soon and easily cut down and destroyed: and by opening of his eyes is not meant his providential care of men; whose eyes indeed are everywhere, run to and fro throughout the earth, and are careful of and provident for all sorts of men, which is very wonderful, Psalm 8:4; nor the displays of his special grace and favour towards his own peculiar people, on whom his eyes of love, grace, and mercy, are opened, and are never withdrawn from them, which is marvellous lovingkindness; but the exercise of rigorous justice in punishing, afflicting, and chastising with so much severity, as Job thought…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Job 14:1-3

1 Man that is born of a woman, Short of days and full of unrest, 2 Cometh forth as a flower and is cut down; He fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not. 3 Moreover, Thou openest Thine eyes upon him, And Thou drawest me before Thy tribunal. Even if he yields to the restraint which his suffering imposes on him, to regard himself as a sinner undergoing punishment, he is not able to satisfy himself by thus persuading himself to this view of God's conduct towards him. How can God pass so strict a judgment on man, whose life is so short and full of sorrow, and which cannot possibly be pure from sin? - Job 14:1. אדם is followed by three clauses in apposition, or rather two, for אשּׁה ילוּד (lxx γενν…

The Church Fathers

"And you call him in your presence to judge him. Despite his fragile existence, he still has to give you an account of his life. He is required of him what he can, though it is very little.
— Augustine of Hippo, ANNOTATIONS ON THE BOOK OF JOB (tr. J. Litteral, draft)

And dost Thou deign to open Thine eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with Thee? For he surveyed above both the power of Almighty God and his own frailty; he brought before his view himself and God, he considered Who would come into judgment, and with whom. He saw on the one side man, on the other side his Creator, i.e. dust and God; and he lightly exclaims, Dost Thou deign to open Thine eyes upon such an one? With Almighty God, to open the eyes is to execute His judgments, to look whom to smite. For as it were with eyes closed He does not wish to look at him, whom He does not wish to smite. Hence it is immediately added also about the judgment itself, To bring him into judgment with Thee? But whereas he had viewed God coming to judgment, he again takes a view of his own frailty. He sees that he cannot be clean of himself, who, that he might be able to be, came forth out of uncleanness.
— Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XI

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Dictionary and topics

Readings, Select · THE BREVITY OF LIFE — THE BREVITY OF LIFE

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Job 14:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 14:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 14:3

John Gill on Job 14:3

Keil & Delitzsch on Job 14:1-3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Job 14:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 14:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 14:3

John Gill on Job 14:3

Keil & Delitzsch on Job 14:1-3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Job 14:3

Rashi on Job 14:3