John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 14:21
Job 14:21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth [it] not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth [it] not of them. Ver. 21. His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not ] While he lieth sick, he regardeth no earthly thing, no, not what becometh of his children (formerly his greatest care), whether they be advanced or impaired in their outward condition, Omnis hi Ascanio churi stat cura parentis (Vir.). As when he is dead he can take no knowledge of anything done in this world, Isa... read more
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Job 14:1-22
Job 14:4 . Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Then seeing we are all stained with original and actual sin, why should Zophar, without the least proof, almost say that Job’s afflictions were the visitations of sins which exceeded the strokes? Presumptions which inflict the deepest wounds, are sins which provoke the Lord. Job 14:5 . His days are determined. Two things are to be noted here, that the death of man is determined because of sin, and that his days and months are... read more