“Man, who is born of a woman, "has a short life," because he has been ordered to return to the earth. With regard to the expression "full of wrath," Job thinks about that moment in which man received the order to observe the commandment but transgressed it. And therefore "like a flower that has finished blooming, he fe…”
Hesychius of Jerusalem, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON JOB 16.14.1-2
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1Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
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— Job 14:1 —
2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?