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A Life Lived in a Day
Commentators explain that the phrase "from morning to evening" is a poetic expression for the extreme brevity of human life. The idea is that a person's entire existence can feel as short as a single day, highlighting our fragility and temporary nature in the grand scheme of things.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 4:20
18th Century
Theologian
They are destroyed from morning to evening—the margin says, “beaten in pieces.” This is closer to the Hebrew. The phrase “from morning to ev…
Charles Ellicott
On Job 4:20
19th Century
Bishop
From morning to evening. — The process is continual and unceasing, and when we consider the ravages of time on history, we may wel…
John Gill
On Job 4:20
17th Century
Pastor
They are destroyed from morning to evening
That is, those that dwell in houses of clay, before described; the meanin…
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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…