“Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble.
We are here led to think, I. Of the original of human life. God is indeed its great original, for he breathed into man the breath of life and in him we live; but we date it from our birth, and thence we must date both its frailty and its pollution. 1. Its frailty: Man, that is born of a woman, is therefore of few days, Job 14:1.
Commenting on Job 14:1-6
Man that is born of a woman,.... Man, Adam; not the first man, so called, for he was made and created out of the dust of the earth, and not born of a woman; the woman was made out of him, and not he of her; "earthly man", as Mr.
Man [that is] born of a woman [is] of few days, and full of trouble. (a) Taking the opportunity of his adversaries words he describes the state of man's life from his birth to his death.