Job 10:4
in Job 10Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?
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ASV
Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?
KJV
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
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This verse in Job 10
Commentary
11 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Hast thou eyes of flesh? - Eyes like man. Dost thou look upon man with the same disposition to discern faults; the same uncharitableness and inclination to construe everything in the severest manner possible, which characterizes man? Possibly Job may have reference here to the harsh judgment of his friends, and means to ask whether it could be possible for God to evince the same feelings in judging of him which they had done.
This site's exposition
Does it please You to oppress me
on Job 10:3-4
Job asks whether it pleases God "to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked". "Do You have eyes of flesh" presses the point further, asking whether God's judgment of him is as shortsighted as a human accuser's would be.
This site's exposition
Do You have eyes of flesh?
Eyes of flesh see only the surface. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown hear Job asking whether God sees him with the same uncharitable eyes as his friends, who read his affliction as proof. Wesley answers that darkness hides nothing from the eyes of God.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"Do you judge things according to human views? May anything hide from your careful examination, as it is hidden from human beings? Are your years few, and do you ignore what was previous to your age? Do you need to make an enquiry and an …
The Medieval Church2 voices
After removing this cause, since this cannot seem good to God, since Job is the work of the hands of God and since his enemies who oppress him are shown to be evil, he next proceeds to the second way in which the innocent are …
Hast Thou eyes of flesh? or shalt Thou see as man seeth? Are Thy days as the days of man? Are Thy years as the time of man, that Thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? To know that I have done nothing ungodly.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Eyes of flesh cannot see in the dark: but darkness hideth not from God. Eyes of flesh are but in one place at a time, and can see but a little way. But the eyes of the Lord are in every place, and run to and fro thro' the whole earth.
Hast thou eyes of flesh?....
3 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Many things are hidden from eyes of flesh, the most curious and piercing; there is a path which even the vulture's eye has not seen: but nothing is, or can be, hidden from the eye of God, to which all things are naked and open.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Dost Thou see as feebly as man? that is, with the same uncharitable eye, as, for instance, Job's friends? Yet one might think, from the rapid succession of Thy strokes, that Thou hadst no time to spare in overwhelming me.
Hast thou eyes of flesh! - Dost thou judge as man judges? Illustrated by the next clause, Seest thou as man seeth?
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַעֵינֵ֣י | haeinei | ¿ [do] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| בָשָׂ֣ר | vasar | flesh | H1320 → | 270 times |
| לָ֑ךְ | lakh | [belong] to you | ||
| אִם־ | ʾim- | or? | H518 → | 1069 times |
| כִּרְא֖וֹת | kirot | as sees | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֱנ֣וֹשׁ | ʾenoosh | a person | H582 → | 566 times |
| תִּרְאֶֽה׃ | tireh | do you see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
הַעֵינֵ֣י¿ [do] eyes of
haeineiH5869 →887 times
בָשָׂ֣רflesh
vasarH1320 →270 times
לָ֑ךְ[belong] to you
lakh
אִם־or?
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
כִּרְא֖וֹתas sees
kirotH7200 →1300 times
אֱנ֣וֹשׁa person
ʾenooshH582 →566 times
תִּרְאֶֽה׃do you see
tirehH7200 →1300 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Samuel 16:7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 17:10
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- John 7:24
Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
- Luke 16:15
So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
- 1 Peter 3:4
but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
- Isaiah 55:8–9
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 17:10
Through
Luke 16:15So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the…
- Proverbs 21:2
All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each…
- 1 Samuel 16:7
About Job
This page draws on 10 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book IX; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Olympiodorus of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON JOB 10:4-7 and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.