Job 14:5

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with Thee, and Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

6Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

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Cross References

Job 7:1Is there not a time of service to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

Job 14:14If a man die, may he live again? All the days of my service would I wait, till my relief should come —

Job 21:21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him? seeing the number of his months is determined.

Psalms 39:4(39-5) 'LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how short-lived I am.

Psalms 104:29Thou hidest Thy face, they vanish; Thou withdrawest their breath, they perish, and return to their dust.

Ecclesiastes 8:8There is no man that hath power over the wind to retain the wind; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.

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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