Job 14:5

Are not his dayes determined? the nober of his moneths are with thee: thou hast appointed his boundes, which he can not passe.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 cleane thing out of filthinesse? there is not one.

6Turne from him that he may cease vntill his desired day, as an hyreling.

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Cross References

Job 7:1Is there not an appointed time to man vpon earth? and are not his dayes as the dayes of an hyreling?

Job 14:14If a man die, shall he liue againe? All the dayes of mine appointed time will I waite, till my changing shall come.

Job 21:21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the nomber of his moneths is cut off?

Psalms 39:4Lord, let me know mine ende, and the measure of my dayes, what it is: let mee knowe howe long I haue to liue.

Psalms 104:29But if thou hide thy face, they are troubled: if thou take away their breath, they dye and returne to their dust.

Ecclesiastes 8:8Man is not lorde ouer the spirit to retaine the spirite: neither hath hee power in the day of death, nor deliuerance in the battell, neither shall wickednesse deliuer the possessers thereof.

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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