JOB PASSES FROM HIS OWN TO THE COMMON MISERY OF MANKIND. (Job 14:1-22) woman--feeble, and in the East looked down upon (Gen 2:21). Man being born of one so frail must be frail himself (Mat 11:11). few days-- (Gen 47:9…
1El hombre nacido de mujer, Corto de días, y hastiado de sinsabores,
2Sale como una flor y es cortado, Y huye como la sombra y no permanece.
3¿Sobre este abres tus ojos, Y me traes a juicio contigo?
4¿Quién hará limpio a lo inmundo? Nadie.
5Ciertamente sus días están determinados, Y el número de sus meses está cerca de ti; Le pusiste límites, de los cuales no pasará.
6Si tú lo abandonares, él dejará de ser; Entre tanto deseará, como el jornalero, su día.
7Porque si el árbol fuere cortado, aún queda de él esperanza; Retoñará aún, y sus renuevos no faltarán.
8Si se envejeciere en la tierra su raíz, Y su tronco fuere muerto en el polvo,
9Al percibir el agua reverdecerá, Y hará copa como planta nueva.
10Mas el hombre morirá, y será cortado; Perecerá el hombre, ¿y dónde estará él?
11Como las aguas se van del mar, Y el río se agota y se seca,
12Así el hombre yace y no vuelve a levantarse; Hasta que no haya cielo, no despertarán, Ni se levantarán de su sueño.
13¡Oh, quién me diera que me escondieses en el Seol, Que me encubrieses hasta apaciguarse tu ira, Que me pusieses plazo, y de mí te acordaras!
14Si el hombre muriere, ¿volverá a vivir? Todos los días de mi edad esperaré, Hasta que venga mi liberación.
15Entonces llamarás, y yo te responderé; Tendrás afecto a la hechura de tus manos.
16Pero ahora me cuentas los pasos, Y no das tregua a mi pecado;
17Tienes sellada en saco mi prevaricación, Y tienes cosida mi iniquidad.
18Ciertamente el monte que cae se deshace, Y las peñas son removidas de su lugar;
19Las piedras se desgastan con el agua impetuosa, que se lleva el polvo de la tierra; De igual manera haces tú perecer la esperanza del hombre.
20Para siempre serás más fuerte que él, y él se va; Demudarás su rostro, y le despedirás.
21Sus hijos tendrán honores, pero él no lo sabrá; O serán humillados, y no entenderá de ello.
22Mas su carne sobre él se dolerá, Y se entristecerá en él su alma.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
I
Versículo 2
I. (Psa 90:6; see on Job 8:9).
(Psa 90:6; see on Job 8:9).
II
Versículo 3
II. open . . . eyes upon--Not in graciousness; but, "Dost Thou sharply fix Thine eyes upon?" (See on …
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? (Zac 12:4).
me--so frail.
thee--so almighty.
III
Versículo 4
III. A plea in mitigation. The doctrine of original sin was held from the first. "Man is unclean from …
A plea in mitigation. The doctrine of original sin was held from the first. "Man is unclean from his birth, how then can God expect perfect cleanness from such a one and deal so severely with me?"
IV
Versículo 5
IV. determined-- (Job 7:1; Isa 10:23; Dan 9:27; Dan 11:36).
determined-- (Job 7:1; Isa 10:23; Dan 9:27; Dan 11:36).
V
Versículo 6
V. Turn--namely, Thine eyes from watching him so jealously (Job 14:3).
Turn--namely, Thine eyes from watching him so jealously (Job 14:3).
hireling-- (Job 7:1).
accomplish--rather, "enjoy." That he may at least enjoy the measure of rest of the hireling who though hard worked reconciles himself to his lot by the hope of his rest and reward [UMBREIT].
VI
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VI. Man may the more claim a peaceful life, since, when separated from it by death, he never returns …
Man may the more claim a peaceful life, since, when separated from it by death, he never returns to it. This does not deny a future life, but a return to the present condition of life. Job plainly hopes for a future state (Job 14:13; Job 7:2). Still, it is but vague and trembling hope, not assurance; excepting the one bright glimpse in Job 19:25. The Gospel revelation was needed to change fears, hopes, and glimpses into clear and definite certainties.
VII
Versículo 9
VII. scent--exhalation, which, rather than the humidity of water, causes the tree to germinate. In the…
scent--exhalation, which, rather than the humidity of water, causes the tree to germinate. In the antithesis to man the tree is personified, and volition is poetically ascribed to it.
like a plant--"as if newly planted" [UMBREIT]; not as if trees and plants were a different species.
VIII
Versículo 10
VIII. man . . . man--Two distinct Hebrew words are here used; Geber, a mighty man: though mighty, he di…
man . . . man--Two distinct Hebrew words are here used; Geber, a mighty man: though mighty, he dies. Adam, a man of earth: because earthly, he gives up the ghost.
wasteth--is reduced to nothing: he cannot revive in the present state, as the tree does. The cypress and pine, which when cut down do not revive, were the symbols of death among the Romans.
IX
Versículo 11
IX. sea--that is, a lake, or pool formed from the outspreading of a river. Job lived near the Euphrat…
sea--that is, a lake, or pool formed from the outspreading of a river. Job lived near the Euphrates: and "sea" is applied to it (Jer 51:36; Isa 27:1). So of the Nile (Isa 19:5).
fail--utterly disappeared by drying up. The rugged channel of the once flowing water answers to the outstretched corpse ("lieth down," Job 14:12) of the once living man.
X
Versículo 12
X. heavens be no more--This only implies that Job had no hope of living again in the present order o…
heavens be no more--This only implies that Job had no hope of living again in the present order of the world, not that he had no hope of life again in a new order of things. Psa 102:26 proves that early under the Old Testament the dissolution of the present earth and heavens was expected (compare Gen 8:22). Enoch before Job had implied that the "saints shall live again" (Jde 1:14; Heb 11:13-16). Even if, by this phrase, Job meant "never" (Psa 89:29) in his gloomier state of feelings, yet the Holy Ghost has made him unconsciously (Pe1 1:11-12) use language expressing the truth, that the resurrection is to be preceded by the dissolution of the heavens. In Job 14:13-15 he plainly passes to brighter hopes of a world to come.
XI
Versículo 13
XI. Job wishes to be kept hidden in the grave until God's wrath against him shall have passed away. S…
Job wishes to be kept hidden in the grave until God's wrath against him shall have passed away. So while God's wrath is visiting the earth for the abounding apostasy which is to precede the second coming, God's people shall be hidden against the resurrection glory (Isa 26:19-21).
set time--a decreed time (Act 1:7).
XII
Versículo 14
XII. shall he live?--The answer implied is, There is a hope that he shall, though not in the present o…
shall he live?--The answer implied is, There is a hope that he shall, though not in the present order of life, as is shown by the words following. Job had denied (Job 14:10-12) that man shall live again in this present world. But hoping for a "set time," when God shall remember and raise him out of the hiding-place of the grave (Job 14:13), he declares himself willing to "wait all the days of his appointed time" of continuance in the grave, however long and hard that may be.
appointed time--literally, "warfare, hard service"; imlying the hardship of being shut out from the realms of life, light, and God for the time he shall be in the grave (Job 7:1).
change--my release, as a soldier at his post released from duty by the relieving guard (see on Job 10:17) [UMBREIT and GESENIUS], but elsewhere GESENIUS explains it, "renovation," as of plants in spring (Job 14:7), but this does not accord so well with the metaphor in "appointed time" or "warfare."
XIII
Versículo 15
XIII. namely, at the resurrection (Joh 5:28; Psa 17:15).
namely, at the resurrection (Joh 5:28; Psa 17:15).
have a desire to--literally, "become pale with anxious desire:" the same word is translated "sore longedst after" (Gen 31:30; Psa 84:2), implying the utter unlikelihood that God would leave in oblivion the "creature of His own hands so fearfully and wonderfully made." It is objected that if Job knew of a future retribution, he would make it the leading topic in solving the problem of the permitted afflictions of the righteous. But, (1) He did not intend to exceed the limits of what was clearly revealed; the doctrine was then in a vague form only; (2) The doctrine of God's moral government in this life, even independently of the future, needed vindication.
XIV
Versículo 16
XIV. Rather, "Yea, thou wilt number my steps, and wilt not (as now) jealously watch over my sin." Then…
Rather, "Yea, thou wilt number my steps, and wilt not (as now) jealously watch over my sin." Thenceforward, instead of severe watching for every sin of Job, God will guard him against every sin.
number . . . steps--that is, minutely attend to them, that they may not wander [UMBREIT] (Sa1 2:9; Psa 37:23).
XV
Versículo 17
XV. sealed up-- (Job 9:7). Is shut up in eternal oblivion, that is, God thenceforth will think no mor…
sealed up-- (Job 9:7). Is shut up in eternal oblivion, that is, God thenceforth will think no more of my former sins. To cover sins is to completely forgive them (Psa 32:1; Psa 85:2). Purses of money in the East are usually sealed.
sewest up--rather, "coverest"; akin to an Arabic word, "to color over," to forget wholly.
16
Versículo 18
16. cometh to naught--literally, "fadeth"; a poetical image from a leaf (Isa 34:4). Here Job falls ba…
cometh to naught--literally, "fadeth"; a poetical image from a leaf (Isa 34:4). Here Job falls back into his gloomy bodings as to the grave. Instead of "and surely," translate "yet"; marking the transition from his brighter hopes. Even the solid mountain falls and crumbles away; man therefore cannot "hope" to escape decay or to live again in the present world (Job 14:19).
out of his place--so man (Psa 103:16).
17
Versículo 19
17. The Hebrew order is more forcible: "Stones themselves are worn away by water."
The Hebrew order is more forcible: "Stones themselves are worn away by water."
things which grow out of--rather, "floods wash away the dust of the earth." There is a gradation from "mountains" to "rocks" (Job 14:18), then "stones," then last "dust of the earth"; thus the solid mountain at last disappears utterly.
18
Versículo 20
18. prevailest--dost overpower by superior strength.
prevailest--dost overpower by superior strength.
passeth--dieth.
changest countenance--the change in the visage at death. Differently (Dan 5:9).
19
Versículo 21
19. One striking trait is selected from the sad picture of the severance of the dead from all that pa…
One striking trait is selected from the sad picture of the severance of the dead from all that passes in the world (Ecc 9:5), namely, the utter separation of parents and children.
20
Versículo 22
20. "Flesh" and "soul" describe the whole man. Scripture rests the hope of a future life, not on the …
"Flesh" and "soul" describe the whole man. Scripture rests the hope of a future life, not on the inherent immortality of the soul, but on the restoration of the body with the soul. In the unseen world, Job in a gloomy frame anticipates, man shall be limited to the thought of his own misery. "Pain is by personification, from our feelings while alive, attributed to the flesh and soul, as if the man could feel in his body when dead. It is the dead in general, not the wicked, who are meant here."
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Antiguo Testamento
Job — Capítulo 14
JOB PASSES FROM HIS OWN TO THE COMMON MISERY OF MANKIND. (Job 14:1-22) woman--feeble, and in the East looked down upon (Gen 2:21). Man being born of one so frail must be frail himself (Mat 11:11). few days-- (Gen 47:9…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1El hombre nacido de mujer, Corto de días, y hastiado de sinsabores,
2Sale como una flor y es cortado, Y huye como la sombra y no permanece.
3¿Sobre este abres tus ojos, Y me traes a juicio contigo?
4¿Quién hará limpio a lo inmundo? Nadie.
5Ciertamente sus días están determinados, Y el número de sus meses está cerca de ti; Le pusiste límites, de los cuales no pasará.
6Si tú lo abandonares, él dejará de ser; Entre tanto deseará, como el jornalero, su día.
7Porque si el árbol fuere cortado, aún queda de él esperanza; Retoñará aún, y sus renuevos no faltarán.
8Si se envejeciere en la tierra su raíz, Y su tronco fuere muerto en el polvo,
9Al percibir el agua reverdecerá, Y hará copa como planta nueva.
10Mas el hombre morirá, y será cortado; Perecerá el hombre, ¿y dónde estará él?
11Como las aguas se van del mar, Y el río se agota y se seca,
12Así el hombre yace y no vuelve a levantarse; Hasta que no haya cielo, no despertarán, Ni se levantarán de su sueño.
13¡Oh, quién me diera que me escondieses en el Seol, Que me encubrieses hasta apaciguarse tu ira, Que me pusieses plazo, y de mí te acordaras!
14Si el hombre muriere, ¿volverá a vivir? Todos los días de mi edad esperaré, Hasta que venga mi liberación.
15Entonces llamarás, y yo te responderé; Tendrás afecto a la hechura de tus manos.
16Pero ahora me cuentas los pasos, Y no das tregua a mi pecado;
17Tienes sellada en saco mi prevaricación, Y tienes cosida mi iniquidad.
18Ciertamente el monte que cae se deshace, Y las peñas son removidas de su lugar;
19Las piedras se desgastan con el agua impetuosa, que se lleva el polvo de la tierra; De igual manera haces tú perecer la esperanza del hombre.
20Para siempre serás más fuerte que él, y él se va; Demudarás su rostro, y le despedirás.
21Sus hijos tendrán honores, pero él no lo sabrá; O serán humillados, y no entenderá de ello.
22Mas su carne sobre él se dolerá, Y se entristecerá en él su alma.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 2
I. (Psa 90:6; see on Job 8:9).
Versículo 3
II. open . . . eyes upon--Not in graciousness; but, "Dost Thou sharply fix Thine eyes upon?" (See on …
Versículo 4
III. A plea in mitigation. The doctrine of original sin was held from the first. "Man is unclean from …
Versículo 5
IV. determined-- (Job 7:1; Isa 10:23; Dan 9:27; Dan 11:36).
Versículo 6
V. Turn--namely, Thine eyes from watching him so jealously (Job 14:3).
Versículo 7
VI. Man may the more claim a peaceful life, since, when separated from it by death, he never returns …
Versículo 9
VII. scent--exhalation, which, rather than the humidity of water, causes the tree to germinate. In the…
Versículo 10
VIII. man . . . man--Two distinct Hebrew words are here used; Geber, a mighty man: though mighty, he di…
Versículo 11
IX. sea--that is, a lake, or pool formed from the outspreading of a river. Job lived near the Euphrat…
Versículo 12
X. heavens be no more--This only implies that Job had no hope of living again in the present order o…
Versículo 13
XI. Job wishes to be kept hidden in the grave until God's wrath against him shall have passed away. S…
Versículo 14
XII. shall he live?--The answer implied is, There is a hope that he shall, though not in the present o…
Versículo 15
XIII. namely, at the resurrection (Joh 5:28; Psa 17:15).
Versículo 16
XIV. Rather, "Yea, thou wilt number my steps, and wilt not (as now) jealously watch over my sin." Then…
Versículo 17
XV. sealed up-- (Job 9:7). Is shut up in eternal oblivion, that is, God thenceforth will think no mor…
Versículo 18
16. cometh to naught--literally, "fadeth"; a poetical image from a leaf (Isa 34:4). Here Job falls ba…
Versículo 19
17. The Hebrew order is more forcible: "Stones themselves are worn away by water."
Versículo 20
18. prevailest--dost overpower by superior strength.
Versículo 21
19. One striking trait is selected from the sad picture of the severance of the dead from all that pa…
Versículo 22
20. "Flesh" and "soul" describe the whole man. Scripture rests the hope of a future life, not on the …