John Gill Commentary Job 10:4

John Gill Commentary

Job 10:4

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Job 10:4

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?" — Job 10:4 (ASV)

Do you have eyes of flesh? &c.] God has eyes, but not fleshly ones; he has eyes of love, grace, and mercy, which are always upon his people for good, and are never withdrawn from them; and he has eyes of displeasure and wrath on sinful men, to destroy them; these are not made of flesh, or like the eyes of flesh and blood, or of men; fleshy eyes cannot see at any great distance, and only in one place at a time, and only one object after another; they cannot see in the dark, and what they are, and only outward objects; and in these they are sometimes deceived, and at length fail: but the eyes of God see all things, at the greatest distance; he looks down from heaven, and beholds all the children of men on earth, and all their actions; his eyes are in every place, beholding the evil and the good; he can see in the dark as well as in the light, the darkness and the light are both alike to him; he beholds not only outward actions and visible objects, but the hearts of men, and all that is in them; nor is he ever deceived, nor will his sight ever fail.

Though Job, perhaps, may mean carnal eyes; that is, evil ones, as especially envious ones are: "is your eye evil?" (Matthew 20:15); that is, envious; and it is as if Job should say, do you envy me my former prosperity and peace, that you search so narrowly into my conduct to find iniquity in me, and take advantage against me?

or do you see as man sees? look with hatred and envy, as one man does upon another: so seemed the dispensations of God towards Job, as if he did, as he suggests.