King James Version
Job 10:4 in the King James Version says “Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?” — study this verse from Job chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?”
Job 10:4 · KJV
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? work: Heb. labour
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Hast thou eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“of flesh”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“or seest”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“thou as man”
H582properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
“or seest”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
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