Job 4:20

“They are destroyed from morning to evening, etc.] That is, those that dwell in houses of clay, before described; the meaning is, that they are always exposed to death, and liable to it every day they live; not only such who are persecuted for the sake of religion, but all men in common, for of such are both the text and context; who have always the seeds of mortality and death in them, that is continually working in them; and every day, even from morning to evening, are innumerable instances of the power of death over men; and not only some there are, whose sun rises in the morning and sets at evening, who are like grass in the morning, gay, and green, and by evening cut down and withered,…”

“from morning to evening--unceasingly; or, better, between the morning and evening of one short day (so Exo 18:14; Isa 38:12). They are destroyed--better, "they would be destroyed," if God withdrew His loving protection. Therefore man must not think to be holy before God, but to draw holiness and all things else from God (Job 4:17).”

“They are destroyed from morning to evening - Margin, “beaten in pieces.” This is nearer to the Hebrew. The phrase “from morning to evening” means between the morning and the evening; that is, they live scarcely a single day; see the notes at Isaiah 38:12. The idea is, not the continuance of the work of destruction from morning to evening; but that man’s life is excecdingly short, so short that he scarce seems to live from morning to night. What a beautiful expression, and how true! How little qualified is such a being to sit in judgment on the doings of the Most High! They perish forever - Without being restored to life. They pass away, and nothing is ever seen of them again! Without any…”

“Destroyed - All the day long, there is not a moment wherein man is not sinking towards death and corruption. Perish - In reference to this present worldly life, which when once lost is never recovered. Regarding - Heb. without putting the heart to it, this is so common a thing for all men, though never so high and great, to perish in this manner, that no man heeds it, but passes it by as a general accident not worthy of observation. Job 4:21”

“destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces, Ch2 15:6 \*marg from morning: Isa 38:12, Isa 38:13 they perish: Job 14:14, Job 16:22; Psa 39:13, Psa 92:7 without: Job 18:17, Job 20:7; Ch2 21:20; Psa 37:36; Pro 10:7 Job 4:21”