Job 14:5

In 11 translations

BSB

Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,

KJV

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

WEB

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass.

ASV

Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

LSV

If his days are determined, || The number of his months [are] with You, || You have made his limit, || And he does not pass over;

YLT

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

DBY

If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, [and] thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,

DRC

The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed.

GNV

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

JPS

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with Thee, and Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

LXXE

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.

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WLC

אִ֥ם חֲרוּצִ֨ים ׀ יָמָ֗יו מִֽסְפַּר־חֳדָשָׁ֥יו אִתָּ֑ךְ חקו עָ֝שִׂ֗יתָ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲבֽוֹר׃Read aloud as (qere): חֻקָּ֥יו

LXX-Br

ἐὰν καὶ μία ἡμέρα ὁ βίος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· ἀριθμητοὶ δὲ μῆνες αὐτοῦ παρʼ αὐτοῦ· εἰς χρόνον ἔθου, καὶ οὐ μὴ ὑπερβῇ.

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• Psalms 39:4“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
• Acts 17:26From 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.
• Job 12:10The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
• Hebrews 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
• Psalms 104:29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
• Daniel 5:26And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
• Job 21:21For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
• Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
• Job 23:13–14But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires. For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
• Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
• Psalms 104:9You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
• Job 7:1“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
• Revelation 3:7To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.
• Job 14:14When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
• Daniel 5:30That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,
• Revelation 1:18the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.

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