Job 14:5

If determined am his days, the number of his months, is with thee, Fixed times for him, thou hast appointed and he cannot go beyond.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 sway from him, that he may rest, Till he shall pay off, as a hireling, his day.

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Cross References

Job 7:1Is there not a warfare to a mortal, upon earth? And, as the days of a hireling, are not his days?

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

Job 21:21For what shall be his pleasure in his house after him, when, the number of his months, is cut in twain?

Psalms 39:4Let me know, O Yahweh, mine end, And the measure of my days—what it is, I would know how short-lived I am.

Psalms 104:29Thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed, Thou withdrawest their spirit, They cease to breathe, And, unto their own dust, do they return:

Ecclesiastes 8:8No man, hath power over the spirit, to retain the spirit, and, none, hath power over the day of death, and there is no furlough in war,—neither shall lawlessness deliver them who are given thereto.

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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