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Job 14:3
3I am only a human like that, so why do you watch me so carefully? Why do you want to bring me into a court to judge me?
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
1Everyone that a woman gives birth to lives only for a short time. The days of his life are full of trouble. 2He is like a flower that grows and then it soon dies. His life quickly disappears like a shadow. I am only a human like that, so why do you watch me so carefully? Why do you want to bring me into a court to judge me? 4People are not clean and pure. Nobody can change them to become pure. 5You have decided how long people should live. You control the number of months that each person will live. Nobody can live any longer than that.
Read all of Job 14Job 14:3 word by word
אַף־עַל־זֶ֭ה פָּקַ֣חְתָּ עֵינֶ֑ךָ וְאֹ֘תִ֤י תָבִ֖יא בְמִשְׁפָּ֣ט עִמָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 14:3
- Job 7:17Why do you think that people are important? Why do you watch us so carefully?
- Job 13:25I am as weak as a leaf that the wind can blow away. But you still want to frighten me. I am as useless as chaff, but you still attack me.
- Psalms 144:3Lord, why do you even think about men and women? Why do you take care of humans?
- Job 9:19If I tried to fight God, he is much stronger than I am. And if I ask for justice, who can bring God to court?
- Job 13:27You tie my feet with chains. You watch me carefully wherever I go. You put marks on my feet.
- Psalms 143:2Do not judge me, your servant. Nobody is righteous when they stand in front of you.
- Romans 3:19So, we know that God's Law belongs to the Jews. God told them to obey everything that his Law teaches. As a result, nobody can say: ‘God should not punish me.’ Everybody in the world must stand in front of God and he will judge them.
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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