Job 14:5

If determined are his days, The number of his months [are] with Thee, His limit Thou hast made, And he passeth not over;

Young's Literal Translation

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 giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

6Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day.

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Cross References

Job 7:1Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?

Job 14:14If a man dieth — doth he revive? All days of my warfare I wait, till my change come.

Job 21:21For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?

Psalms 39:4'Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days — what it [is],' I know how frail I [am].

Psalms 104:29Thou hidest Thy face — they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit — they expire, And unto their dust they turn back.

Ecclesiastes 8:8There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors.

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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