Job 14:5

Job 14:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
• New International Version (NIV)A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.

Context of Job 14:5

3I am only a human like that, so why do you watch me so carefully? Why do you want to bring me into a court to judge me? 4People are not clean and pure. Nobody can change them to become pure. You have decided how long people should live. You control the number of months that each person will live. Nobody can live any longer than that. 6So do not watch us! Leave us alone! We must work for the time that you have decided. Please leave us to work in peace. 7If someone cuts down a tree, the tree may not die. New branches may grow from it.

Job 14:5 word by word

אִ֥ם חֲרוּצִ֨ים׀ יָמָ֗יו מִֽסְפַּר־חֳדָשָׁ֥יו אִתָּ֑ךְ חֻקָּ֥יו עָ֝שִׂ֗יתָ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲבֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Seeingאִם'im · ifH518
• his daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• determinedחָרַץchârats · to decideH2782
• the numberמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
• of his monthsחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• with thee, thou hast appointedעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• his boundsחֹקchôq · statute: allotmentH2706
• that he cannot passעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674

Cross-references for Job 14:5

• Job 14:14If a man dies, will he live again? If I knew that, I would suffer patiently. I would wait until my troubles have finished.
• Job 7:1People have to work very hard on this earth. They have to work every day, like servants.
• Job 12:10He has authority over the life of all the animals. He gives breath to all people so that they can live.
• Psalms 39:4‘Lord, tell me about my life. Tell me how long it will be, and when it will finish. I need to remember that life is only short.
• Daniel 5:26This is what the words mean: Mene means “counted”. It shows that God has counted the days of your kingdom. Now these days are finished. Your kingdom has come to an end.
• Daniel 9:24God has decided the time of punishment for your people and your holy city. It will continue for 70 weeks. That will finish the punishment for their sins. The people will no longer turn against God. They will have paid the price for their sins. God will cause them to live for ever in a way that is right. God will show that the visions and messages of the prophets are true. The Most Holy Place will belong to God again.
• Daniel 11:36The king will do whatever he wants to do. He will say that he is greater than any god. He will even say proud things to insult the God who rules all other gods. He will be successful until the time when God's anger finishes. God will finish doing what he has decided to do.
• Luke 12:20But then God said to the man, “You are a fool! Tonight you will die. You will have to leave everything behind that you have stored. Somebody else will have them, but you will not!” ’
• Acts 17:26God first made one man. From that one man he made all the different groups of people. He caused them to live in different places all over the world. He decided where each group of people should live. He also decided how long they should live in each place.
• Hebrews 9:27Every person must die once. After death, God will judge each person.
• Job 21:21After wicked people have died, it does not matter to them if their family suffers.
• Job 23:13But he is always true to himself. Nobody can change him. Whatever he wants to do, he does.
• Psalms 104:9You made a border for the water so that it could not cross. Never again will the water cover the earth.
• Daniel 4:35All the people on the earth seem like nothing to him. He does whatever he wants among the angels in heaven, and among the people on the earth too. Nobody can stop him. Nobody can ask him, ‘Why are you doing that?’
• Revelation 1:18I am the one who always lives. I died once. But look! Now I am alive and I will be alive for ever. I have authority over death and over Hades, the place for dead people.
• Revelation 3:7‘Write this to the angel of the church at Philadelphia: “This is my message to you. I am the one who is completely good, the true God. I have King David's key in my hand. When I open a door, nobody can shut it. And when I shut a door, nobody can open it.

Commentaries on Job 14:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Seeing his days are determined - The general term of human life is fixed by God himself; in vain are all attempts to prolong it beyond this term. Several attempts have been made in all nations to find an elixir that would expel all the seeds of disease, and keep men in continual health; but all these attempts have failed. Basil, Valentine, Norton, Dastin, Ripley, Sandivogius, Artephius, Geber, Van Helmont, Paracelsus, Philalethes, and several others, both…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Seeing his days - are “determined” Since man is so frail, and so short-lived, let him alone, that he may pass his little time with some degree of comfort and then die; see the notes at Job 7:19-21. The word “determined” here means “fixed, settled.” God has fixed the number of his days, so that they cannot be exceeded; compare the notes at Isaiah 10:23, and notes at Psalm 90:10. The number of his months are with thee - Thou hast the ordering of them, or…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. determined--(Job 7:1; Is 10:23; Da 9:27; 11:36).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Job 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings