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

3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? 4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 6Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. 7For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

Job 14:5 word by word

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

• 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 die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
• Job 7:1Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
• Job 12:10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
• Psalms 39:4Yhwh, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
• Daniel 5:26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
• Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
• Daniel 11:36And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
• Luke 12:20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
• Acts 17:26And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
• Hebrews 9:27And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
• Job 21:21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
• Job 23:13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
• Psalms 104:9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
• Daniel 4:35And 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?
• Revelation 1:18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
• Revelation 3:7And to the angel of the Assembly in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

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