Job 14:3

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?

American Standard Version (1901)

And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

Bible in Basic English

Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

Free Bible Version

Do you even notice me, God, and why do you have to drag me to court?

King James (Authorized) Version

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

Translation for Translators

Yahweh, why do you keep watching me to see if I am doing something that is wrong [RHQ]? Are you wanting to take me to court to judge me?

Unlocked Literal Bible

Do you look at any of these? Do you bring me into judgment with you?

Noah Webster Bible

And dost thou open thy eyes upon such one, and bring me into judgment with thee?

World English Bible

Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?

Young's Literal Translation

Also — on this Thou hast opened Thine eyes, And dost bring me into judgment with Thee.

Context

Job Laments the Finality of Death

²Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure. ³Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You? ⁴Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!

Summary

In this verse, Job reflects on the brevity and frailty of human life, comparing it to a flower that withers quickly. He acknowledges the limitations of humanity, recognizing that even the most righteous individuals are subject to the inevitability of death. Job's contemplation serves as a reminder of the transient nature of life on earth and the need for humility before God, who alone holds the power over life and death. This verse captures the existential struggle of Job as he grapples with suffering and mortality, seeking to find meaning and purpose in the midst of his trials.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Dost 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.

John Gill Bible Commentary

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, Psa 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 to be his own case; the eyes of God, as he thought, were set on him for evil, and not for good; he looked wistly on him, and in a very frowning manner; he sharpened his eye upon him, as the phrase is, Job 16:9; and as some render the word (f) here, looked narrowly into all his ways, and watched every motion and every step he took, and pursued him with great eagerness, and used him with great strictness in a way of justice, which he, a poor, weak creature, was not able to bear; which sense is confirmed by what follows: and bringeth me into judgment with thee? by this it appears Job has a view to himself all along, and to the procedure of God against him, which he took to be in strict justice, and that was what he was not able to bear; he was not a match for God, being such a frail, weak, sinful, mortal creature; nor was God a man as he was, that they should come together in judgment, or be fit persons to contend together upon the foot of strict justice; sinful man can never be just with God upon this bottom, or be able to answer to one objection or charge of a thousand brought against him; and therefore, as every sensible man will deprecate God's entering into judgment with him, so Job here expostulates with God why he should bring him into judgment with him; when, as he fled to his grace and mercy, he should rather show that to him than in a rigorous manner deal with him. (f) "super illo acuis oculos tuos", Cocceius; "super hune apertos vibras oculos", Schultens.

Job 14:3

Job Laments the Finality of Death

Scripture
Sermons
Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?

American Standard Version (1901)

And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

Bible in Basic English

Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

Free Bible Version

Do you even notice me, God, and why do you have to drag me to court?

King James (Authorized) Version

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

Translation for Translators

Yahweh, why do you keep watching me to see if I am doing something that is wrong [RHQ]? Are you wanting to take me to court to judge me?

Unlocked Literal Bible

Do you look at any of these? Do you bring me into judgment with you?

Noah Webster Bible

And dost thou open thy eyes upon such one, and bring me into judgment with thee?

World English Bible

Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?

Young's Literal Translation

Also — on this Thou hast opened Thine eyes, And dost bring me into judgment with Thee.

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Dost 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.

John Gill Bible Commentary

Job 14:3

Verse

Context

Job Laments the Finality of Death

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Job 14:3

Job Laments the Finality of Death

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes