Job 14:1

“Man, born of woman, ¹  lives but a few days, ²  and they are full of trouble. ³ 

Ge 47:9; Job 5:7; Job 7:1,6; Job 9:25; Job 15:14; Job 25:4; Ps 39:5; Ps 51:5; Ec 2:17,23; Mt 11:11

¹ tn The first of the threefold apposition for אָדָם (’adam, “man”) is “born of a woman.” The genitive (“woman”) after a passive participle denotes the agent of the action (see GKC 359 §116.l).

² tn The second description is simply “[is] short of days.” The meaning here is that his life is short (“days” being put as the understatement for “years”).

³ tn The third expression is “consumed/full/sated – with/of – trouble/restlessness.” The latter word, רֹגֶז (rogez), occurred in Job 3:17; see also the idea in 10:15.