Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed. New Living Translation You have decided the length of our lives. You know how many months we will live, and we are not given a minute longer. English Standard Version Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass, Berean Standard Bible Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed, King James Bible Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; New King James Version Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass. New American Standard Bible “Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And You have set his limits so that he cannot pass. NASB 1995 “Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass. NASB 1977 “Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with Thee, And his limits Thou hast set so that he cannot pass. Legacy Standard Bible Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass. Amplified Bible “Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You [in Your control], And You have made his limits so he cannot pass [his allotted time]. Christian Standard Bible Since a person’s days are determined and the number of his months depends on you, and since you have set limits he cannot pass, Holman Christian Standard Bible Since man’s days are determined and the number of his months depends on You, and since You have set limits he cannot pass, American Standard Version Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; Contemporary English Version Our time on earth is brief; the number of our days is already decided by you. English Revised Version Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with thee, and thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; GOD'S WORD® Translation If the number of his days and the number of his months are determined by you, and you set his limit, then he cannot go past it. Good News Translation The length of our lives is decided beforehand--the number of months we will live. You have settled it, and it can't be changed. International Standard Version Since his days have been determined, the number of his months is known to you. You've set his limit and he cannot exceed it. Majority Standard Bible Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed, NET Bible Since man's days are determined, the number of his months is under your control; you have set his limit and he cannot pass it. New Heart English Bible Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can't pass; Webster's Bible Translation Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; World English Bible Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIf his days are determined, "" The number of his months [are] with You, "" You have made his limit, "" And he does not pass over; Young's Literal Translation If determined are his days, The number of his months are with Thee, His limit Thou hast made, And he passeth not over; Smith's Literal Translation If his days are determined, the number of his months with thee; thou madest his limit; he shall not pass over. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed. Catholic Public Domain Version The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with you; you have determined his limits, which cannot be surpassed. New American Bible Since his days are determined— you know the number of his months; you have fixed the limit which he cannot pass— New Revised Standard Version Since their days are determined, and the number of their months is known to you, and you have appointed the bounds that they cannot pass, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSeeing his days are determined and the number of his months are decreed, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot trespass them; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated If his days are cut off and the number of his months are circumcised, you have made the Law that he will not pass from it OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with Thee, And Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; Brenton Septuagint Translation if even his life should be but one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: thou hast appointed him for a time, and he shall by no means exceed it. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Laments the Finality of Death…4Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one! 5Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed, 6look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.… Cross References Psalm 139:16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be. Psalm 90:10 The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. Psalm 39:4-5 “Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is. / You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: / a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, Ecclesiastes 8:8 As 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. Daniel 5:26 And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end. Isaiah 38:5 “Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life. 2 Kings 20:6 I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’” Genesis 6:3 So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.” Genesis 18:14 Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.” Matthew 6:27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Luke 12:25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Acts 17:26 From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands. Hebrews 9:27 Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment, James 4:14 You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Treasury of Scripture Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with you, you have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; his days Job 14:14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. Job 7:1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? Job 12:10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. the number Job 21:21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? thou hast Job 23:13,14 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth… Psalm 104:9,29 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth… Daniel 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? Jump to Previous Appointed Bounds Decreed Determined Exceed Fixed Limits Months Ordered Passeth PastJump to Next Appointed Bounds Decreed Determined Exceed Fixed Limits Months Ordered Passeth PastJob 14 1. Job entreats God for favor, by the shortness of life, and certainty of death7. He waits for his change 16. By sin the creature is subject to corruption Since his days are determined The phrase "his days are determined" reflects the Hebrew word "ḥāqaq," which means to inscribe or decree. This suggests that human life is not random but is under the sovereign control of God. In the ancient Near Eastern context, the idea of a deity determining the lifespan of individuals was common, yet in the biblical narrative, it emphasizes God's intimate involvement and authority over human life. This understanding can inspire believers to trust in God's perfect plan and timing, knowing that their lives are in His hands. the number of his months is with You and You have set limits he cannot exceed Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Sinceאִ֥ם (’im) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not his days יָמָ֗יו (yā·māw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day [are] determined חֲרוּצִ֨ים ׀ (ḥă·rū·ṣîm) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural Strong's 2782: To point sharply, to wound, to be alert, to decide and the number מִֽסְפַּר־ (mis·par-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration of his months חֳדָשָׁ֥יו (ḥo·ḏā·šāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month [is] with You, אִתָּ֑ךְ (’it·tāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among and since You have set עָ֝שִׂ֗יתָ (‘ā·śî·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make limits חֻקָּ֥יו (ḥuq·qāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute that he cannot וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no exceed, יַעֲבֽוֹר׃ (ya·‘ă·ḇō·wr) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on Links Job 14:5 NIVJob 14:5 NLT Job 14:5 ESV Job 14:5 NASB Job 14:5 KJV Job 14:5 BibleApps.com Job 14:5 Biblia Paralela Job 14:5 Chinese Bible Job 14:5 French Bible Job 14:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 14:5 Seeing his days are determined the number (Jb) |
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