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God Determines Our Lifespan
All three commentators strongly agree that this verse teaches God's absolute sovereignty over the length of a person's life. As John Gill states, the term of life is 'peremptorily fixed' by God. Albert Barnes echoes this, noting God has 'appointed his bounds that he cannot pass.' Our days are determined by God's divine counsel.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 14:5
18th Century
Theologian
Seeing his days - are “determined,” since man is so frail and so short-lived, let him alone, that he may pass his little time with some degr…
John Gill
On Job 14:5
17th Century
Pastor
Seeing his days [are] determined
Or "cut out" F9 , exactly and precisely, how many he shall live, and wha…
Matthew Henry
On Job 14:1–6
17th Century
Minister
Job enlarges upon the condition of man, addressing himself also to God. Every man of Adam's fallen race is short-lived. All his show of beauty, hap…