King James Version
What Does Job 14:1 Mean?
“Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. few: Heb. short of days”
Context
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers**XIV.**
(1) **Man that is born of a woman is of few days.**—He now takes occasion to dilate on the miserable estate of man generally, rising from the particular instance in himself to the common lot of the race. It is not improbable that these words should be connected with the last of the former chapter. *He, as a rotten thing, consumeth*—*a man born of woman, short of days and full of trouble, who came forth as a flower and was *(*began to be*)* cut off *(*at once*)*;* *who fled as the shadow that abideth not. *After having resolved to come into judgment with God, he pictures to himself the miserable creature with whom God will have to contend if He contends with *him.*
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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