Geneva Bible Notes: Job 14

Job 14:1 (a) Taking occasion of his aduersaries wordes he describeth the state of mans life from his birth to his death.

Job 14:1 (!) Job describeth the shortenes and miserie of the life of man.

Job 14:3 (b) His meaning is, that seing that man is so fraile a creature, God shulde not handle him so extremely: wherein Job sheweth the wickednes of the flesh, when it is not subject to the Spirit.

Job 14:6 (c) Vntil the time that thou hast appointed for him to dye, which he desireth as the hyreling waiteth for the end of his labour to receyue his wages.

Job 14:10 (d) He speaketh not here as thogh he had not hope of the immortalitie, but as a man in extreme peine, when reason is ouercom by affections & torments.

Job 14:13 (f) That is, release my peines and take me to mercie.

Job 14:13 (e) Hereby he declareth that the feare of Gods judgement was the cause why he desired to dye.

Job 14:14 (g) Meaning, vnto the day of the resurrection when he shulde be changed, & renued.

Job 14:14 (!) Hope susteineth the godlie.

Job 14:15 (h) Thogh I be afflicted in this life, yet in the resurrection I shal fele thy mercies, and answer when thou callest me.

Job 14:17 (i) Thou layest them all together & suffrest none of my sinnes vnpunished.

Job 14:18 (k) He murmureth throught the impaciencie of the flesh against God, as thogh he vsed as great seueritie against him as against the hard rockes, or waters that ouerflowe for that hereby all the occasion of his hope is taken away.

Job 14:22 (!) The condition of mans life.

Job 14:22 (l) Yet whiles he liueth, he shalbe in peine & miserie.