Job 14:3

What does Job 14:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 14:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Also--on this Thou hast opened Thine eyes, And dost bring me into judgment with Thee.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with thee?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

Context

v.2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

v.3This passage

v.4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 7:17

    What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,

  • Romans 3:19

    Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:

  • Job 13:25

    Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

  • Job 9:32

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

  • Job 9:19

    Ifwe speakof strength, lo, he ismighty! And if of justice, Who, saith he, will summon me?

  • Job 13:27

    Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:

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