Job 14:5

The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

In Context

4Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed ? is it not thou who only art?

6Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling.

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Cross References

Job 7:1The life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his days are like the days of a hireling.

Job 14:14Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, live again? all the days in which I am now in warfare, I expect until my change come.

Job 21:21For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?

Psalms 39:4My heart grew hot within me : and in my meditation a fire shall flame out.

Psalms 104:29But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust.

Ecclesiastes 8:8It is not in man's power to stop the spirit, neither hath he power in the day of death, neither is he suffered to rest when war is at hand, neither shall wickedness save the wicked.

Matthew Henry on Job 14:2-7

Brevity and Frailty of Human Life. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 6 Turn from him, that he may… Read the whole commentary →

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