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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 14:1-6

We are here led to think, I. Of the original of human life. God is indeed its great original, for he breathed into man the breath of life and in him we live; but we date it from our birth, and thence we must date both its frailty and its pollution. 1. Its frailty: Man, that is born of a woman, is therefore of few days, Job 14:1. This may refer to the first woman, who was called Eve, because she was the mother of all living. Of her, who being deceived by the tempter was first in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an clean ?.... Either produce a clean person from an unclean one: it is not to be expected that one, perfectly free from sin, should be generated by, or brought out of, one that is defiled with it; which is the case of all men; the first man, though made upright, sinned, and by sinning defiled himself, and all human nature in him: and so those that immediately descended from him were polluted likewise, and so on in all generations, every man being... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing - This verse is thus rendered by the Chaldee: "Who will produce a clean thing from man, who is polluted with sins, except God, who is one?" By Coverdale thus: Who can make it cleane, that commeth of an uncleane thinge? No body. The text refers to man's original and corrupt nature. Every man that is born into the world comes into it in a corrupt or sinful state. This is called original sin; and is derived from fallen Adam, who is the stock, to the utmost... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:1-6

Job to God: 2. The death-wail of humanity. I. THE WAIL OF HUMANITY IN THE EAR OF GOD . 1 . The constitutional frailty of man. Moses, in the Book of Genesis ( Genesis 1:26 ; Genesis 2:7 ), sets forth the dignity of man (Adam) as the crown of creation ( Psalms 8:6 ), as the handiwork of God ( Job 10:8 ; Psalms 100:3 ; Isaiah 15:1-9 :12), as the image of his Maker ( Genesis 9:6 ; Acts 17:29 ; 1 Corinthians 11:7 ). Job here supplies the companion picture... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:1-12

1. Self-defence before God: 2. Plaint of the weakness and vanity of mankind. Job's troubles are typical of the common doom of mankind—the "subjection, to vanity." And again (comp. Job 3:7 ; Job 7:1-5 ) he bursts forth into lamentation over the universal doom of sorrow. I. HIS NATURAL WEAKNESS . (Verses 1-2.) His origin is in frailty; he is "born of woman." His course is brief, and full of unrest. He sees himself mirrored in all natural things that fleet and pass: II. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:1-22

This chapter, in which Job concludes the fourth of his addresses, is characterized by a tone of mild and gentle expostulation, which contrasts with the comparative vehemence and passion of the two preceding chapters. It would seem that the patriarch, having vented his feelings, experiences a certain relief, an interval of calm, in which, his own woes pressing less heavily upon him, he is content to moralize on the general condition of humanity. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. It is scarcely true to say that "the fact of original sin is thus distinctly recognized". Original uncleanness and infirmity are recognized; but the uncleanness is material, and removable by material expiation (Le Job 12:2-8 ). It is rather man's weakness than his sinfulness that is here under discussion. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:4

A clean thing out of an unclean. Job seems to mean that man cannot transcend his origin. He comes from the frail, imperfect, human stock; how, then, can he be expected to manifest the traits of perfection and immutability? Job's question and the difficulty it contains may be applied in various ways. I. EVOLUTION . We are not now concerned with the scientific aspect of the question of evolution. That must be determined by the men of science. But there is a religious aspect of it that... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean - thing “out of an unclean?” This is evidently a proverb or an adage; but its connection here is not very apparent. Probably, however, it is designed as a plea of mitigation for his conscious frailties and infirmities. He could not but admit that he had faults. But he asks, how could it be expected to be otherwise? He belonged to a race that was sinful and depraved. Connected with such a race, how could it be otherwise than that he should be prone to evil? Why then did God... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 14:4

Job 14:4. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? I confess I am an unclean creature, and therefore liable to be abhorred by thy holiness, and condemned by thy justice, if thou wilt deal rigorously with me. But, remember, this is not my peculiar case, but the common lot of every man, who descended from sinful parents, and, being infected with original corruption, must unavoidably be unclean. Why, then, dost thou inflict such peculiar and extraordinary judgments upon me for that which... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 14:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 14:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 14:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 14:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 14:4

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