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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.
New American Standard Bible
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And his limits You have
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;
Holman Bible
and the number of his months depends on You,
and since You have set
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;
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;
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 14:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Continues To Argue His Case With God
4 Who can make it clean, that cometh from an unclean thing? Nobody. 5 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. 6 Go from him, that he may rest until his day come: which he looketh for, like as a hireling doth.
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Cross References
Job 21:21
For what careth he, what become of his household after his death, when the number of his months is cut short?
Job 7:1
Is not the life of man upon earth a very battle? Are not his days like the days of a hired servant?
Psalm 39:4
"LORD, let me know mine end, and the number of my days: that I may be certified how long I have to live.
Job 12:10
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all men.
Job 14:14
May a dead man live again? All the days of this my pilgrimage am I looking, till my changing shall come.
Job 23:13-14
"It is he, himself, alone. Who will turn him back? He doth as him listeth, and bringeth to pass what he will.
Psalm 104:9
Thou hast set them their bounds, which they may not pass, that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Psalm 104:29
But when thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; when thou takest away their breath, they die, and are turned again to their dust.
Daniel 4:35
in comparison of whom, all they that dwell upon the earth are to be reputed as nothing. He handleth according to his will, among the powers of heaven and among the inhabiters of the earth - and there is none that may resist his hand, or say, 'What doest thou?'
Daniel 5:26
Now the interpretation of the thing is this: Mene, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end.
Daniel 5:30
The very same night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain,
Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks are determined over thy people, and over the holy city: that the wickedness may be consumed, that the sin may have an end, that the offense may be reconciled, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, to fulfill the visions and the Prophets, and to anoint the most holy one.
Daniel 11:36
The king shall do what him list, he shall exalt and magnify himself against all that is God. Yea, he shall speak marvelous things against the God of all gods, wherein he shall prosper, so long till the wrath be fulfilled, for the conclusion is devised already.
Luke 12:20
But God said unto him, 'Thou fool, this night will they fetch away thy soul again from thee. Then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?'
Acts 17:26
and hath made of one blood all nations of men, for to dwell on all the face of the earth; and hath assigned before: how long time, and also the ends of their inhabitation.
Hebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed unto men that they shall once die, and then cometh the judgment,
Revelation 1:18
and am alive, and was dead. And behold I am alive for evermore, and have the keys of hell and of death.
Revelation 3:7
"And write unto the tidings-bringer of the congregation of Philadelphia, 'This saith he that is holy and true, which hath the key of David; which openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth.