Job 14:5

Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,

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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 out clean from unclean? No one!

6look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.

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Cross References

Job 7:1“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

Job 14:14When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.

Job 21:21For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?

Psalms 39:4“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.

Psalms 104:29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

Ecclesiastes 8:8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice 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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