Parallel Verses

Holman 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,

New American 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.

King James Version

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

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.

A Conservative Version

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with thee, and thou have appointed his bounds that 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;

Amplified


“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].

Bible in Basic English

If his days are ordered, and you have knowledge of the number of his months, having given him a fixed limit past which he may not go;

Darby Translation

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,

Julia Smith Translation

If his days are determined, the number of his months with thee; thou madest his limit; he shall not pass over.

King James 2000

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with you, you have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

Lexham Expanded Bible

If his days [are] determined, the number of his months [is] with you; you have appointed his boundaries, and he cannot cross [them].

Modern King James verseion

For his days are fixed, the number of his months is with You, and You have set his bounds so that he cannot pass;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The days of man are short, the number of his months are known only to thee. Thou hast appointed him his bounds; he cannot go beyond them.

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 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;

The Emphasized Bible

If determined am his days, the number of his months, is with thee, Fixed times for him, thou hast appointed and he cannot go beyond.

Webster

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;

Youngs 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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אם 
'im 
Usage: 999

יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

חרץ 
Charats 
Usage: 12

the number
מספּר 
Micpar 
Usage: 132

of his months
חדשׁ 
Chodesh 
Usage: 279

References

Hastings

Job

Context Readings

Job Continues To Argue His Case With God

4 Who can produce something pure from what is impure?
No one!
5 Since man’s days are determined
and the number of his months depends on You,
and since You have set limits he cannot pass,
6 look away from him and let him rest
so that he can enjoy his day like a hired hand.

Cross References

Job 21:21

For what does he care about his family once he is dead,
when the number of his months has run out?

Job 7:1

Isn’t mankind consigned to forced labor on earth?
Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

Psalm 39:4

Lord, reveal to me the end of my life
and the number of my days.
Let me know how short-lived I am.

Job 12:10

The life of every living thing is in His hand,
as well as the breath of all mankind.

Job 14:14

When a man dies, will he come back to life?
If so, I would wait all the days of my struggle
until my relief comes.

Job 23:13-14

But He is unchangeable; who can oppose Him?
He does what He desires.

Psalm 104:9

You set a boundary they cannot cross;
they will never cover the earth again.

Psalm 104:29

When You hide Your face,
they are terrified;
when You take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.

Daniel 4:35

All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing,
and He does what He wants with the army of heaven
and the inhabitants of the earth.
There is no one who can hold back His hand
or say to Him, “What have You done?”

Daniel 5:26

This is the interpretation of the message:

MENE means that God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was killed,

Daniel 9:24

Seventy weeks are decreed
about your people and your holy city—
to bring the rebellion to an end,
to put a stop to sin,
to wipe away iniquity,
to bring in everlasting righteousness,
to seal up vision and prophecy,
and to anoint the most holy place.

Daniel 11:36

“Then the king will do whatever he wants. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will say outrageous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, because what has been decreed will be accomplished.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’

Acts 17:26

From one man He has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment

Revelation 1:18

and the Living One. I was dead, but look—I am alive forever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and Hades.

Revelation 3:7

“Write to the angel of the church in Philadelphia:

“The Holy One, the True One, the One who has the key of David, who opens and no one will close, and closes and no one opens says:

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain