Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,
Job 10:5 belongs to the extended discussion between Job and his three friends in chapters 3-31 concerning the cause and purpose of human suffering. It is Job's own word, uttered while he still held fast to his integrity yet did not understand God's dealings with him, and it does not charge God foolishly. The verse asks whether God's days are as the days of man and whether His years are as man's days, setting short, measured human life over against a duration for God that is not bounded by human limits. By that question Job underscores the difference between divine and human perspective as he appeals to God about his afflictions.
The verse shows that adversity, affliction, and suffering can come upon a thoroughly good man and does not mean he is under God's displeasure. In that suffering God saw the end from the beginning and was working through it what would glorify Himself, bring comfort and hope to thousands of suffering ones, and prove a blessing to Job. The book that records the verse is inspired and Job was a real man, with inspiration meaning that the speakers truly spoke the words recorded, not that everything said by every speaker is true.
Job 10:5 belongs to the extended discussion between Job and his three friends in chapters 3-31 concerning the cause and purpose of human suffering. It is Job's own word, uttered while he still held fast to his integrity yet did not understand God's dealings with him, and it does not charge God foolishly. The verse asks whether God's days are as the days of man and whether His years are as man's days, setting short, measured human life over against a duration for God that is not bounded by human limits. By that question Job underscores the difference between divine and human perspective as he appeals to God about his afflictions.
The verse shows that adversity, affliction, and suffering can come upon a thoroughly good man and does not mean he is under God's displeasure. In that suffering God saw the end from the beginning and was working through it what would glorify Himself, bring comfort and hope to thousands of suffering ones, and prove a blessing to Job. The book that records the verse is inspired and Job was a real man, with inspiration meaning that the speakers truly spoke the words recorded, not that everything said by every speaker is true.