Job 10:4
New International Version
Do you have eyes of flesh? Do you see as a mortal sees?

New Living Translation
Are your eyes like those of a human? Do you see things only as people see them?

English Standard Version
Have you eyes of flesh? Do you see as man sees?

Berean Standard Bible
Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?

King James Bible
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

New King James Version
Do You have eyes of flesh? Or do You see as man sees?

New American Standard Bible
‘Do You have eyes of flesh? Or do You see as mankind sees?

NASB 1995
‘Have You eyes of flesh? Or do You see as a man sees?

NASB 1977
‘Hast Thou eyes of flesh? Or dost Thou see as a man sees?

Legacy Standard Bible
Have You eyes of flesh? Or do You see as a mortal man sees?

Amplified Bible
‘Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as a man sees?

Christian Standard Bible
Do you have eyes of flesh, or do you see as a human sees?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do You have eyes of flesh, or do You see as a human sees?

American Standard Version
Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?

Contemporary English Version
Do you look at things the way we humans do?

English Revised Version
Hast thou eyes of flesh, or seest thou as man seeth?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Do you actually have human eyes? Do you see as a mortal sees?

Good News Translation
Do you see things as we do?

International Standard Version
Do you have eyes made of flesh? Can you look at things as humans do?

Majority Standard Bible
Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?

NET Bible
"Do you have eyes of flesh, or do you see as a human being sees?

New Heart English Bible
Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees?

Webster's Bible Translation
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

World English Bible
Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Do you have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?

Young's Literal Translation
Eyes of flesh hast Thou? As man seeth -- seest Thou?

Smith's Literal Translation
Were eyes of flesh to thee? or wilt thou see as man saw?
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Hast thou eyes of flesh: or, shalt thou see as man seeth?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Do you have bodily eyes? Or, just as man sees, will you see?

New American Bible
Have you eyes of flesh? Do you see as mortals see?

New Revised Standard Version
Do you have eyes of flesh? Do you see as humans see?
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as a man sees?

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Are your eyes as the eyes of flesh, or are you seeing like a man sees?
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Hast Thou eyes of flesh? Or seest Thou as man seeth?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Or dost thou see as a mortal sees? or wilt thou look as a man sees?

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Job's Plea to God
3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked? 4Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees? 5Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man,…

Cross References
Isaiah 55:8-9
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

Psalm 50:21
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

Psalm 94:9
He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?

Isaiah 40:28
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.

Hosea 11:9
I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath.

Malachi 3:6
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

1 Corinthians 2:11
For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

Romans 11:33-34
O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! / “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”

Hebrews 4:13
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

John 2:24-25
But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all. / He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.

John 8:15-16
You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one. / But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.

1 John 3:20
Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.


Treasury of Scripture

Have you eyes of flesh? or see you as man sees?

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Job 9:32
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

Luke 16:15
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

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Do You have eyes of flesh?
In this phrase, Job is questioning God, using anthropomorphic language to express his deep anguish and confusion. The Hebrew word for "eyes" is "עֵינַיִם" (einaim), which often symbolizes perception or understanding. Job is essentially asking if God perceives the world with the same limitations as humans. The term "flesh" (בָּשָׂר, basar) in Hebrew signifies the mortal, transient nature of human beings. Job is grappling with the idea of divine perception versus human perception. In a conservative Christian perspective, this highlights the transcendence of God, who is not limited by human frailties or biases. It serves as a reminder of God's omniscience and the assurance that His understanding surpasses human comprehension.

Or do You see as man sees?
Here, Job continues his rhetorical questioning, emphasizing the difference between divine and human vision. The Hebrew word for "see" is "רָאָה" (ra'ah), which implies not just physical sight but also insight and discernment. "Man" (אֱנוֹשׁ, enosh) refers to humanity in its frail and fallen state. Job is wrestling with the idea that God's judgment and understanding are far beyond human capabilities. From a conservative Christian viewpoint, this phrase underscores the belief in God's perfect justice and wisdom. It reassures believers that God's ways are higher than our ways (Isaiah 55:9), and His judgments are true and righteous altogether (Psalm 19:9). This verse invites Christians to trust in God's perfect vision and understanding, even when human perspective is clouded by suffering and confusion.

Verse 4. - Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? Notwithstanding the anthropomorphism of their language, the sacred writers are as fully aware as their modern critics of the immateriality of God, and the immense gap that separates his nature from human nature. It is on this that Job now dwells. God, being so much above man, having eyes that are not of flesh, and seeing not as man sooth, ought not to judge as man judges, with partiality, or prejudice, or even with extreme severity (ver. 6).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Do You have eyes
הַעֵינֵ֣י (ha·‘ê·nê)
Article | Noun - cdc
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

of flesh?
בָשָׂ֣ר (ḇā·śār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

Do You see
כִּרְא֖וֹת (kir·’ō·wṯ)
Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7200: To see

as man
אֱנ֣וֹשׁ (’ĕ·nō·wōš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 582: Man, mankind

sees?
תִּרְאֶֽה׃ (tir·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see


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