Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
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Gill's Exposition
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth?.... There is a set time for his coming into the world, for his continuance in it, and for his going out of it; this is to man "on earth", with respect…
Barnes' Notes
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? - Margin, or, warfare. The word used here צבא tsâbâ' means properly a host, an army, see the notes, Isa 1:9; then it means warfare, or the hard…
Job is here excusing what he could not justify, even his inordinate desire of death. Why should he not wish for the termination of life, which would be the termination of his miseries? To enforce this…
Cambridge Bible
The connexion is with the preceding verses ch. Job 6:28-30, which express the thought of Job's innocence, and the thought that in spite of his innocence he is miserably plagued. Under this feeling he…
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