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Job 14:5

NETBible	Since man’s days¹ are determined,² the number of his months is under your control;³ you have set his limit⁴ and he cannot pass it.
NIV © biblegateway Job 14:5	Man’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.
NASB © biblegateway Job 14:5	"Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.
NLT © biblegateway Job 14:5	You have decided the length of our lives. You know how many months we will live, and we are not given a minute longer.
MSG © biblegateway Job 14:5	Mortals have a limited life span. You've already decided how long we'll live--you set the boundary and no one can cross it.
BBE © SABDAweb Job 14:5	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;
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 14:5	Since their days are determined, and the number of their months is known to you, and you have appointed the bounds that they cannot pass,
NKJV © biblegateway Job 14:5	Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.
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KJV	Seeing <0518> his days <03117> [are] determined <02782> (8803)_, the number <04557> of his months <02320> [are] with thee, thou hast appointed <06213> (8804) his bounds <02706> that he cannot pass <05674> (8799)_;
NASB © biblegateway Job 14:5	"Since <0518> his days <03117> are determined <02782> , The number <04557> of his months <02320> is with You; And his limits <02706> You have set <06213> so that he cannot <03808> pass <05674> .
LXXM	ean <1437> CONJ kai <2532> CONJ mia <1519> A-NSF hmera <2250> N-NSF o <3588> T-NSM biov <979> N-NSM autou <846> D-GSM epi <1909> PREP thv <3588> T-GSF ghv <1065> N-GSF ariymhtoi {A-NPM} de <1161> PRT mhnev <3303> N-NPM autou <846> D-GSM para <3844> PREP soi <4771> P-DS eiv <1519> PREP cronon <5550> N-ASM eyou <5087> V-AMI-2S kai <2532> CONJ ou <3364> ADV mh <3165> ADV uperbh <5233> V-AAS-3S
NET [draft] ITL	Since <0518> man’s days <03117> are determined <02782> , the number <04557> of his months <02320> is under your control <0854> ; you have set <06213> his limit <02706> and he cannot <03808> pass <05674> it.
HEBREW	rwbey <05674> alw <03808> tyve <06213> *wyqx {wqx} <02706> Kta <0854> wysdx <02320> rpom <04557> wymy <03117> Myuwrx <02782> Ma (14:5) <0518>

NETBible

Since man’s days¹ are determined,² the number of his months is under your control;³ you have set his limit⁴ and he cannot pass it.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “his days.”

²tn The passive participle is from חָרַץ (kharats), which means “determined.” The word literally means “cut” (Lev 22:22, “mutilated”). E. Dhorme, (Job, 197) takes it to mean “engraved” as on stone; from a custom of inscribing decrees on tablets of stone he derives the meaning here of “decreed.” This, he argues, is parallel to the way חָקַק (khaqaq, “engrave”) is used. The word חֹק (khoq) is an “ordinance” or “statute”; the idea is connected to the verb “to engrave.” The LXX has “if his life should be but one day on the earth, and his months are numbered by him, you have appointed him for a time and he shall by no means exceed it.”

³tn Heb “[is] with you.” This clearly means under God’s control.

⁴tn The word חֹק (khoq) has the meanings of “decree, decision, and limit” (cf. Job 28:26; 38:10).

⁴sn Job is saying that God foreordains the number of the days of man. He foreknows the number of the months. He fixes the limit of human life which cannot be passed.