Job 14:5

You have determined how long we shall live—the number of months, a time limit on our lives.

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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 bring something clean of what is unclean? No one.

6So leave us alone and give us some peace—so like a laborer we could enjoy a few hours of rest at the end of the day.

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Cross References

Job 7:1“Isn't life for human beings like serving a sentence of hard labor? Don't their days pass like those of a hired laborer?

Job 14:14Will the dead live again? Then I would have hope through all my time of trouble until my release comes.

Job 21:21For they don't care what happens to their families once they're dead.

Psalms 39:4Lord, remind me. How short is my life? How long do I have? Remind me how quickly my life will pass.

Psalms 104:29When you turn away from them, they're terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

Ecclesiastes 8:8No one can hold onto the breath of life; no one can prevent the day when they die. There's no way of escaping that battle, and the wicked won't be saved by their wickedness!

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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