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NASB | Job 4:17 'Can mankind be just before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Job 4:17 'Can [mortal] man be just before God or be more righteous than He? Can a man be pure before his Maker or be more cleansed than He? [1 John 1:7; Rev 1:5] |
Bible Question: Could someone explain Job 4:17-21? |
Bible Answer: Job 4:17-21 The word servants here refers to angels; and the idea is, that God was so pure that he did not confide even in the exalted holiness of angels - meaning that their holiness was infinitely inferior to his. God had the highest possible holiness, such as to render the holiness of all others, no matter how exalted, as nothing - as all lesser lights are as nothing before the glory of the sun.How much less - (àó 'aph). This particle has the general sense of addition, accession, especially of something more important;” yea more, besides, even.” Gesenius. The meaning here is, “how much more true is this of man!” He puts no confidence in his angels; he charges them with frailty; how much more strikingly true must this be of man!In them that dwell in houses of clay - In man. The phrase “houses of clay” refers to the body made of dust. They are destroyed from morning to evening. man’s life is excecdingly short, so short that he scarce seems to live from morning to night. They perish forever - Without being restored to life. They pass away, and nothing is ever seen of them again! Without any regarding it - Without its being noticed. How strikingly true is this! What a narrow circle is affected by the death of a man, and how soon does even that circle cease to be affected! Doth not their excellency - go away! - Personal beauty, corporeal strength, powerful eloquence, and various mental endowments, pass away, or are plucked up by the roots; they are no more seen or heard among men, and their memory soon perisheth. They die, even without wisdom - If wisdom means the pursuit of the best end, by the most legitimate and appropriate means, the great mass of mankind appear to perish without it. But, if we consider the subject more closely, we shall find that all men die in a state of comparative ignorance. |
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