Job 14:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִ֥ם חֲרוּצִ֨ים ׀ יָמָ֗יו מִֽסְפַּר־חֳדָשָׁ֥יו אִתָּ֑ךְ *חקו **חֻקָּ֥יו עָ֝שִׂ֗יתָ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲבֽוֹר׃

Transliteration

ʾim ḥărûṣîm yāmāyw mispar-ḥŏdāšāyw ʾittāk ḥuqqāyw ʿāśîtā wəlōʾ yaʿăbôr

Grammar Details

• *ʾim*: conditional particle - if
• *ḥărûṣîm*: adjective, masculine, plural - determined/decided/fixed
• *yāmāyw*: noun, masculine, plural, construct + 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix - his days
• *mispar*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - number of
• *ḥŏdāšāyw*: noun, masculine, plural, construct + 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix - his months
• *ʾittāk*: preposition + 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix - with you
• *ḥuqqāyw*: noun, masculine, plural, construct + 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix - his limits/boundaries
• *ʿāśîtā*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular - you have made
• *wəlōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *yaʿăbôr*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he passes over/transgresses

Word Meanings

• *ḥărûṣîm*: determined/fixed/decided/cut
• *mispar*: number/count/reckoning
• *ḥuqqāyw*: his limits/his boundaries/his prescribed limits
• *yaʿăbôr*: passes over/transgresses/crosses/exceeds

Referenced Verses

• Ps 39:4 : 4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know{H8799)} how frail I am.
• Job 21:21 : 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
• Acts 17:26 : 26 And 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;
• Heb 9:27 : 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
• Rev 1:18 : 18 {G2532} I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
• Rev 3:7 : 7 And to the angel of the church 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;
• Job 23:13-14 : 13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
• Job 7:1 : 1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
• Job 12:10 : 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
• Job 14:14 : 14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
• Ps 104:9 : 9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
• Ps 104:29 : 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
• Dan 4:35 : 35 And 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?
• Dan 5:26 : 26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
• Dan 5:30 : 30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
• Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy 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.
• Dan 11:36 : 36 And 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 12:20 : 20 But 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?