Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
from morning to evening—unceasingly; or, better, between the morning and evening of one short day (so Exodus 18:14; Isaiah 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).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 4:20:
Job 23:6
Job 25:6
Job 36:12
Isaiah 38:12
Isaiah 51:8
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