Job 14:1-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 14:8

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth ,.... Lies long there, and is become dry, and seems to be consumed, on which account there may be the less hope of its flourishing: and the stock thereof die in the ground ; which may make it still more improbable; for this is not to be understood with some interpreters F25 So Piscator and Cocceius. of the stock or trunk of the tree cut down, and lying along on the earth, and in the dust of it; though it may be observed, that even such a... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 14:9

Yet through the scent of water it will bud ,.... As soon as it smells it, or perceives it, is sensible of it, or partakes of its efficacy; denoting both how speedily, and how easily, at once as it were, it buds forth through the virtue either of rain water that descends upon it, or river water by which it is planted, or by any means conveyed unto it; particularly this is true of the willow, which delights in watery places; and, when it is in the circumstances before described, will by the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 14:10

But man dieth, and wasteth away ,.... All men, every man, "Geber", the mighty man, the strong man; some die in their full strength; the wise man, notwithstanding all his wisdom and knowledge, and even skill in the art of medicine; the rich man, with all his riches, with which he cannot bribe death, nor keep it off; the great and the honourable, emperors, kings, princes, nobles, all die, and their honour is laid in the dust; yea, good men die, though Christ has died for them; even those that... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 14:11

As the waters fail from the sea ,.... the words may be rendered either without the as, and denote dissimilitude, and the sense be, that the waters go from the sea and return again, as with the tide: and the flood decays and dries up ; and yet is supplied again with water: "but man lieth down, and riseth not again", Job 14:12 ; or else with the as, and express likeness; as the waters when they fail from the sea, or get out of lakes, and into another channel, never return more; and as... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 14:12

So man lieth down ,.... Or "and", or "but man lieth down" F2 ואיש "et vir", Pagninus, Montanus, Beza, Schmidt; "at vir", Cocceius. ; in the grave when he dies, as on a bed, and takes his rest from all his labours, toil and troubles, and lies asleep, and continues so till the resurrection morn: and riseth not ; from off his bed, or comes not out of his grave into this world, to the place where he was, and to be engaged in the affairs of life he was before, and never by his own... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 14:13

And that thou wouldest hide me in the grave ,.... The house appointed for all living, which some understand by the "chambers" in Isaiah 26:20 ; The cemeteries or dormitories of the saints, where they lie and sleep until the indignation of God against a wicked world is over and past; or in Hades, the state of the dead, where they are insensible of what is done in this world, what calamities and judgments are on the inhabitants of it, and so are not affected and grieved with these things; or... read more

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

If a man die ,.... This is said not as if it was a matter of doubt, he had before asserted it; as sure as men have sinned, so sure shall they die; nothing is more certain than death, it is appointed by God, and is sure; but taking it for granted, the experience of all men, and the instances of persons of every age, rank, and condition, testifying to it; the Targum restrains it to wicked men, "if a wicked man die:' shall he live again ? no, he shall not live in this earth, and in the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 14:15

Thou shall call, and I will answer thee ,.... Either at death, when the soul of than is required of him, and he is summoned out of time into eternity, and has sometimes previous notice of it; though not by a prophet, or express messenger from the Lord, as Hezekiah had, yet by some disease and distemper or another, which has a voice, a call in it to expect a remove shortly; and a good man that is prepared for it, he answers to this call readily and cheerfully; death is no king of terrors to... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 14:16

For now thou numberest my steps ,.... Or "but now" F7 כי עתה "at nunc", Piscator. , at this present time thou seemest to have no desire to me, or affection for me, but the reverse. Job was in a pretty good frame of mind a little before, having in view his last change, and the glorious resurrection; but on a sudden he returns to his former complaints of God, and here of the rigour and strictness of his justice in marking his steps, and correcting him for his sin; so very uncertain... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 14:17

My transgression is sealed up in a bag ,.... Denoting either the concealment of it, as in Hosea 13:12 ; not from God; nor in such sense sealed up as sin is by the sacrifice and satisfaction of Christ, who has thereby removed it out of the sight of divine justice; so that when it is sought for it shall not be found, nor any more seen, which is the sense of the phrase in Daniel 9:24 ; where the words, "to make an end of sin", may be rendered, to "seal them up"; but this Job would not... read more

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