Job 14:5

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

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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 produce a clean thing from an unclean? Not one.

6O turn thine eyes from him, and let him rest, That he may enjoy, as a hireling, his day!

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Cross References

Job 7:1Is there not a war-service for man on the earth? Are not his days as the days of a hireling?

Job 14:14If a man die, can he live again? All the days of my war-service would I wait, Till my change should come.

Job 21:21For what concern hath he for his household after him, When the number of his own months is completed?

Psalms 39:4LORD, make me to know mine end, And the number of my days, That I may know how frail I am!

Psalms 104:29Thou hidest thy face, they are confounded; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to the dust.

Ecclesiastes 8:8No man hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit, and no man hath power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war; and wickedness shall not deliver those that are guilty of 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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