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; Aramaic Bible in Plain English 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 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. Contemporary English Version Our time on earth is brief; the number of our days is already decided by you. Douay-Rheims Bible The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed. 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. JPS Tanakh 1917 Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with Thee, And Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; Literal Standard Version If his days are determined, | The number of his months [are] with You, | You have made his limit, | And he does not pass over; 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, New American Bible Since his days are determined— you know the number of his months; you have fixed the limit which he cannot pass— 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 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, 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. 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; 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 Job 21:21 For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out? Psalm 31:15 My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me. 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. Ecclesiastes 3:2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 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 Verse 5. - Seeing his days are determined. Job here returns to the consideration of the shortness of man's life. "His days are determined;" i.e. they are a limited period, known to and fixed beforehand by God. They are not like God's days, which "endure throughout all generations" (Psalm 102:24). The number of his months are with thee. "With thee" means here "known to thee," "laid up in thy counsels." Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass. "His bounds" are "the limit of his lifetime." The three clauses are pleonastic. One idea pervades them all. 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) |