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Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees?
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God's Perfect Vision vs. Human Sight
Job asks if God has 'eyes of flesh,' questioning if God sees imperfectly like humans. Commentators explain this highlights the vast difference between God's perception and ours. Unlike human eyes, which are limited, physical, and can be deceived, God's sight is perfect. As John Gill notes, God sees all things, in all places, at all times—even the hidden motives of the heart. Job's question reminds us that God's knowledge is not flawed or biased like human judgment.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Do you have eyes of flesh? Eyes like a human. Do you look upon humans with the same disposition to discern faults; the same unchari…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Do you have eyes of flesh? &c.] God has eyes, but not fleshly ones; he has eyes of love, grace, and mercy, which are alwa…
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 fr…
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13th Century
Catholic
Job earlier proposed that both the innocent and the wicked are assailed by trials in this world. He touched upon one possible reason for the punish…