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A Rebuke to Human Pride
All commentators agree that this verse is a powerful rebuke to human pride. It contrasts the frail, weak, mortal human with the perfectly just and pure Creator. As Matthew Henry notes, man dwells in a 'cottage of clay' built on dust. Therefore, for such a creature to complain about or question God's divine appointments is an act of profound arrogance.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 4:17
18th Century
Theologian
Shall mortal man - Or, shall feeble man. The idea of “mortal” is not necessarily implied in the word used here, אנושׁ 'ĕnôsh
Charles Ellicott
On Job 4:17
19th Century
Bishop
Shall mortal man be more just than God?—This is the burden, or refrain, upon which the friends of Job are continually har…
John Gill
On Job 4:17
17th Century
Pastor
Shall mortal man be more just than God? etc.] Poor, weak, frail, dying man, and so sinful, as his mortality shows, which …
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Matthew Henry
On Job 4:12–21
17th Century
Minister
Eliphaz relates a vision. When we are communing with our own hearts and are still (Psalms 4:4), that is a time for the Holy Spirit to c…