Job 14:3
in Job 14Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
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ASV
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?
KJV
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
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This verse in Job 14
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And 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 Zec 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?
This site's exposition
open Your eyes to one like this
on Job 14:3-4
Job turns to ask why God should "open Your eyes to one like this". The question "Will You bring him into judgment before You" keeps the courtroom of chapter 13 open. The question "Who can bring out clean from unclean" and its answer, "No one", state man's inherited condition.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
Third, he wonders about the attentiveness of divine providence for man. For it seems marvelous that God should have such great care about a thing so fragile and despicable. Although everything is submitted to divine providence, still God's care for man appears especially in three …
And dost Thou deign to open Thine eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with Thee? For he surveyed above both the power of Almighty God and his own frailty; he brought before his view himself and God, he considered Who would come into judgment, and with whom. He saw on the one side man, on the other side his Creator, i.e. dust and God; and he lightly exclaims, Dost Thou deign to open Thine eyes upon such an one?
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And dost thou bring me, such a worthless worm as I am, into judgment with thee who art so quick sighted to discover the least failing, so holy to hate it, so just to condemn it, and so mighty to punish it?" The consideration of our own inability to contend with God, of our own sinfulness and weakness, should engage us to pray, Lord, enter not into judgment with thy servant.
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And dost thou open thine eyes on such an one,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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?
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
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.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַף־ | ʾaf- | indeed? | H637 → | 134 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| זֶ֭ה | zeh | this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| פָּקַ֣חְתָּ | pakachta | do you open | H6491 → | |
| עֵינֶ֑ךָ | ʾeinekha | eyes your | H5869 → | 887 times |
| וְאֹ֘תִ֤י | veoti | and <obj.> me | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תָבִ֖יא | tavi' | do you bring? | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בְמִשְׁפָּ֣ט | vemishpat | in judgment | H4941 → | 422 times |
| עִמָּֽךְ׃ | ʾimakh | with yourself | H5973 → | 1050 times |
אַף־indeed?
ʾaf-H637 →134 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
זֶ֭הthis
zehH2088 →1180 times
פָּקַ֣חְתָּdo you open
pakachtaH6491 →
עֵינֶ֑ךָeyes your
ʾeinekhaH5869 →887 times
וְאֹ֘תִ֤יand <obj.> me
veotiH853 →10935 times
תָבִ֖יאdo you bring?
tavi'H935 →2568 times
בְמִשְׁפָּ֣טin judgment
vemishpatH4941 →422 times
עִמָּֽךְ׃with yourself
ʾimakhH5973 →1050 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
Psalms 8:4what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
it leads to
- Job 7:17
What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 144:3
O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
- Hebrews 2:6–9
But somewhere it is testified in these words: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
- Psalms 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
- Job 7:17
Through
Psalms 144:3O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
it leads to
- Psalms 8:4
what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
- Psalms 8:4
Through
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
it leads to
- Galatians 3:10
All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
- Galatians 3:22–23
But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.
- Galatians 3:10
Through
Psalms 143:2Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
it leads to
- Ecclesiastes 7:20
Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
- Ecclesiastes 7:20
About Job
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 XI; 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); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.