Job 14:5
3 Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
6 look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
7 For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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;
- DARBY
- 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,
- BLB
- Since his days are determined, the number of his months [is] with You; his limits You have made, and he cannot pass over [them].
- ÅB
- Når hans dager er fastsatt, hans måneders tall bestemt hos deg, når du har satt ham en grense som han ikke kan overskride,
- OTB
- Siden deres dager er bestemt,
Antallet av deres måneder er kjent for Deg;
Og Du har satt deres grenser som de ikke kan overskride. - B1930
- Når hans dager er fastsatt, hans måneders tall bestemt hos dig, når du har satt ham en grense som han ikke kan overskride,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 39:4
“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
Read in contextActs 17:26
From 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.
Read in contextJob 12:10
The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
Read in contextHebrews 9:27
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
Read in contextPsalms 104:29
When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
Read in contextDaniel 5:26
And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
Read in contextJob 21:21
For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
Read in contextLuke 12:20
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
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