Job 14:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of their months and set limits they cannot exceed.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with You; You have appointed his limits that he cannot pass;

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Seeing{H518} his days{H3117} are determined,{H2782} The number{H4557} of his months{H2320} is with thee, And thou hast appointed{H6213} his bounds{H2706} that he cannot pass;{H5674}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Seeing{H518} his days{H3117} are determined{H2782}{(H8803)}, the number{H4557} of his months{H2320} are with thee, thou hast appointed{H6213}{(H8804)} his bounds{H2706} that he cannot pass{H5674}{(H8799)};

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The dayes of man are shorte, ye nombre of his monethes are knowne only vnto the. Thou hast apoynted him his boundes, he can not go beyonde them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Are not his dayes determined? the nober of his moneths are with thee: thou hast appointed his boundes, which he can not passe.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The dayes of man surely are determined, the number of his monethes are knowen onely vnto thee, thou hast appoynted him his bondes which he can not go beyonde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with you, And you have appointed his bounds that he can't pass;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    If determined are his days, The number of his months `are' with Thee, His limit Thou hast made, And he passeth not over;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can't pass;

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    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.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 39:4 : 4 My heart grew hot within me; as I meditated, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
  • Job 21:21 : 21 For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
  • Acts 17:26 : 26 From one man, he made every nation of mankind to live on the entire face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation.
  • Heb 9:27 : 27 And just as it is appointed for humans to die once, and after that comes judgment,
  • Rev 1:18 : 18 'the living One. I was dead, but look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.'
  • Rev 3:7 : 7 To the angel of the church in Philadelphia, write: These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one can open.
  • Job 23:13-14 : 13 But he is unchangeable; who can turn him back? He does what he desires. 14 He will complete what he has planned for me, and many such things are in his mind.
  • Job 7:1 : 1 Isn't human life on earth like hard labor and their days like those of a hired worker?
  • Job 12:10 : 10 "In His hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind."
  • Job 14:14 : 14 If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.
  • Ps 104:9 : 9 You set a boundary they cannot cross; they will never again cover the earth.
  • Ps 104:29 : 29 When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.
  • Dan 5:26 : 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.
  • Dan 5:30 : 30 That very night, Belshazzar, the Chaldean king, was killed.
  • Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
  • Dan 11:36 : 36 The king will do as he pleases; he will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will speak astonishing words against the God of gods. He will prosper until the indignation is completed, for what has been decreed will be accomplished.
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul will be required of you, and the things you have prepared—who will they belong to?'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 6 So look away from them and let them rest, till they have enjoyed their time like a hired worker.

  • 5 Are Your days like the days of a human? Are Your years like those of a strong man?

  • Job 14:1-4
    4 verses
    75%

    1 Man, born of a woman, is short-lived and full of trouble.

    2 He springs up like a flower and withers away; he flees like a shadow and does not endure.

    3 Do you fix your gaze on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?

    4 Who can bring what is pure out of the unclean? No one.

  • Job 23:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13 But he is unchangeable; who can turn him back? He does what he desires.

    14 He will complete what he has planned for me, and many such things are in his mind.

  • Ps 39:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4 My heart grew hot within me; as I meditated, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:

    5 LORD, let me know my end and the number of my days, so I may understand how fleeting my life is.

  • 1 Isn't human life on earth like hard labor and their days like those of a hired worker?

  • 20 You overpower him forever, and he departs; you change his face and send him away.

  • 10 He inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

  • 29 When He set the boundary for the sea so the waters would not overstep His command, and when He marked out the foundations of the earth.

  • 21 For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees all his steps.

  • 10 If He passes by, imprisons, or calls an assembly, who can turn Him back?

  • Job 24:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22 Yet God drags away the mighty with His power; though they rise up, they do not trust in their own lives.

    23 He allows them to rest in security, but His eyes are on their ways.

  • 4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

  • Job 14:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If you would set me a time and then remember me!

    14 If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.

  • 12 If He snatches away, who can stop Him? Who can say to Him, 'What are You doing?

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

  • 21 For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

  • 23 I know You will bring me back to death, to the house appointed for all the living.

  • 7 Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell anyone what is to come?

  • 4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish.

  • 16 Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.

  • 23 Who has appointed His path for Him, or who can say, 'You have done wrong'?

  • 17 What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention,

  • 13 Why do you contend with Him? For He does not answer all of man's words.

  • 2 Can you count the months they fulfill, or do you know the time when they give birth?

  • 14 "What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be set free."

  • 21 Surely you know, since you were already born, and the number of your days is great!

  • 12 Are You not from eternity, LORD my God, my Holy One? We will not die. LORD, You have appointed them for judgment; You, O Rock, have established them to rebuke.

  • 10 Whatever exists has already been given its name, and it is known what mankind is; no one can contend with someone who is stronger.

  • 5 Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the measuring line across it?

  • 14 We must all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away life, but devises ways so that a banished person may not remain estranged from Him.

  • 14 What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of a woman, that he could be righteous?

  • 4 For You meet him with blessings of good things; You place a crown of pure gold upon his head.

  • 20 Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.

  • 4 Does He not see my ways and count all my steps?

  • 22 Their soul draws near to the pit, and their life to the messengers of death.

  • 24 A person's steps are directed by the Lord; how then can anyone understand their own way?

  • 14 Even though you say you do not see Him, your case is before Him, and you must wait for Him.

  • 47 How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath keep burning like fire?

  • 29 He will no longer be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread out across the land.

  • 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it nor taken from it. God does this so that people will fear Him.

  • 1 Why does the Almighty not reserve times of judgment, and why do those who know Him not see His days of justice?