If a man die,.... This is said not as if it was a matter of doubt, he had before asserted it; as sure as men have sinned, so sure shall they die; nothing is more certain than death, it is appointed by God, and is sure; but taking it for granted, the experience of all men, and the instances of persons of every age, rank, and condition, testifying to it; the Targum restrains it to wicked men,"if a wicked man die:''shall he live [again]?
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Job 14:14
Job 14:14
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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