Christian Standard Bible
Job 14:3
3Do you really take notice of one like this? Will you bring me into judgment against you?
Job 14:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
- New International Version (NIV)Do you fix your eye on them? Will you bring them before you for judgment?
- English Standard Version (ESV)And do you open your eyes on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?
- New King James Version (NKJV)And do You open Your eyes on such a one, And bring me to judgment with Yourself?
Context of Job 14:3
1Anyone born of woman is short of days and full of trouble. 2He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last. Do you really take notice of one like this? Will you bring me into judgment against you? 4Who can produce something pure from what is impure? No one! 5Since a person’s days are determined and the number of his months depends on you, and since you have set limits he cannot pass,
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אַף־עַל־זֶ֭ה פָּקַ֣חְתָּ עֵינֶ֑ךָ וְאֹ֘תִ֤י תָבִ֖יא בְמִשְׁפָּ֣ט עִמָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 14:3
- Job 7:17What is a mere human, that you think so highly of him and pay so much attention to him?
- Job 13:25Will you frighten a wind-driven leaf? Will you chase after dry straw?
- Psalms 144:3Lord, what is a human that you care for him, a son of man that you think of him?
- Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, look, he is the powerful one! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?
- Job 13:27You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths, setting a limit for the soles of my feet.
- Psalms 143:2Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous in your sight.
- Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.
Commentaries on Job 14:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one - The whole of this chapter is directed to God alone; in no part of it does he take any notice of his friends.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one? - Is one so weak, so frail, so short-lived, worthy the constant vigilance of the infinite God? In Zechariah 12:4, the expression “to open the eyes” upon one, means to look angrily upon him. Here it means to observe or watch closely. And bringest me into judgment with thee - Is it equal or proper that one so frail and feeble should be called to a trial with one so mighty as the infinite God? Does God seek a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3open Your eyes: Job complained about God's constant surveillance (7:8, 17–20; 10:6, 14; 13:27).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. 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? (Zec 12:4). me--so frail. thee--so almighty.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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