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Job’s Plea to God

Job 10:5

In 11 translations

BSB
Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man,
KJV
Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,
WEB
Are your days as the days of mortals, or your years as man’s years,
ASV
Are thy days as the days of man, Or thy years as man’s days,
LSV
[Are] Your days as the days of man? Your years as the days of a man?
YLT
As the days of man [are] Thy days? Thy years as the days of a man?
DBY
Are thy days as the days of a mortal? are thy years as a man's days,
DRC
Are thy days as the days of man, and are thy years as the times of men:
GNV
Are thy dayes as mans dayes? or thy yeres, as the time of man,
JPS
Are Thy days as the days of man, or Thy years as a man's days,
LXXE
Or is thy life human, or thy years the years of a man,

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
הֲכִימֵ֣י אֱנ֣וֹשׁ יָמֶ֑יךָ אִם־שְׁ֝נוֹתֶ֗יךָ כִּ֣ימֵי גָֽבֶר׃
LXX-Br
Ἢ ὁ βίος σου ἀνθρώπινός ἐστιν, ἢ τὰ ἔτη σου ἀνδρὸς,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Peter 3:8Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
  • Psalms 90:2–4Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God. You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.” For in Your sight a thousand years…
  • Hebrews 1:12You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”
  • Psalms 102:24–27I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations. In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish,…
  • Psalms 102:12But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
  • Job 36:26Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.

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