Job 14:5

Seeing that his days are determined, the number of his months are [fixed] with thee, that thou hast set his bounds which he cannot pass:

Leeser Tanakh

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 a clean thing out of an unclean? not one [thing].

6Turn thyself from him that he may recover from his pain, and be able to enjoy like a hired laborer his day.

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Cross References

Job 7:1Is there not a limited time of service to a mortal upon the earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired laborer?

Job 14:14Or, when a man dieth, will he live again? all the days of my time of service would I then wait, till [the hour of] my release were come.

Job 21:21For what care hath he for his household after him, when the number of his months is all apportioned to him?

Psalms 39:4(39:5) Let me know, O Lord, my end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I wish to know when I shall cease to be.

Psalms 104:29Thou hidest thy face, they suddenly vanish: thou takest away their spirit, they perish, and to their dust they return.

Ecclesiastes 8:8No man hath control over the spirit to detain the spirit; and there is no control over the day of death; and there is no representation in that war; and wickedness will not deliver those that practise 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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