Job 10 · Verse 4

Job 10:4

Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Job 10:4, King James Version

Job 10:4 in other translations

BSBDo You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?
WEBDo you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees?
ASVHast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?
YLTEyes of flesh hast Thou? As man seeth--seest Thou?
DARBYHast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
BBEHave you eyes of flesh, or do you see as man sees?
WebsterHast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

What does Job 10:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 10:4-6
4-6. Dost Thou see as feebly as man? that is, with the same uncharitable eye, as, for instance, Job's friends? Is Thy time as short? Impossible! Yet one might think, from the rapid succession of Thy strokes, that Thou hadst no time to spare in overwhelming me.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh! - Dost thou judge as man judges? Illustrated by the next clause, Seest thou as man seeth?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 10:1-7

Job, being weary of his life, resolves to complain, but he will not charge God with unrighteousness. Here is a prayer that he might be delivered from the sting of his afflictions, which is sin. When God afflicts us, he contends with us; when he contends with us, there is always a reason; and it is desirable to know the reason, that we may repent of and forsake the sin for which God has a controversy with us. But…

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Job 10:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַעֵינֵ֣יha.'ei.Nei¿ [do] eyes ofH5869
בָשָׂ֣רva.SarfleshH1320
לָ֑ךְLakh[belong] to you
אִם\־'im-or?H518
כִּרְא֖וֹתkir.'otas seesH7200
אֱנ֣וֹשׁ'e.No.osha personH582
תִּרְאֶֽה\׃tir.'Ehdo you seeH7200

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 10:4

  • 1 Samuel 16:7

    But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

  • Job 9:32

    For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

  • Luke 16:15

    And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

  • Revelation 1:14

    His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
seest thou.
9:32; 1Sa 16:7; Lu 16:15; Re 1:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 10:3

    Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

  • Job 10:4

    Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

  • Job 10:5

    Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,

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Job 10:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Tienes tú ojos de carne? ¿ves tú como ve el hombre?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		As-tu des yeux de chair? Vois-tu comme voit l’homme mortel?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Hast du Augen des Fleisches, oder siehst du, wie ein Mensch sieht?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Numquid oculi carnei tibi sunt? aut sicut videt homo, et tu videbis?