Job 14:3

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

1Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. 2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? 4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. 5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

Job 14:3 word by word

אַף־עַל־זֶ֭ה פָּקַ֣חְתָּ עֵינֶ֑ךָ וְאֹ֘תִ֤י תָבִ֖יא בְמִשְׁפָּ֣ט עִמָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

• And dost thou openפָּקַחpâqach · to openH6491
• thine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• upon such an oneזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• and bringestבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• me into judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941

Cross-references for Job 14:3

• Job 7:17What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
• Job 13:25Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
• Psalms 144:3Yhwh, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
• Job 9:19If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
• Job 13:27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
• Psalms 143:2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
• Romans 3:19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

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