Verse 5
Job 14:5
American Standard Version
5
Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Original Language Text
hebrew
אִ֥ם חֲרוּצִ֨ים יָמָ֗י/ו מִֽסְפַּר חֳדָשָׁ֥י/ו אִתָּ֑/ךְ חק/ו חֻקָּ֥י/ו עָ֝שִׂ֗יתָ וְ/לֹ֣א יַעֲבֽוֹר
English Translation
If you have sharpened my days and the number of my months, you have set limits for me, and they shall not pass.
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Chapter 14 Context
1
Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.
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He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?
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Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
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5
Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his b...
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Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
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7
For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branc...
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Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;
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Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.
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10
But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
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11
[As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;
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12
So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused o...
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13
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past,...
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14
If a man die, shall he live [again]? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should...
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15
Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.
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16
But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?
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17
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.
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18
But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;
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19
The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destro...
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20
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him...
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21
His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of...
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22
But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.
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