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Job 14:5
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A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.
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Job 14:5 in Other Translations
KJV
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Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
ESV
5
Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
NLT
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
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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.
CSB
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Since man's days are determined and the number of his months depends on You, and [since] You have set limits he cannot pass,
Job 14:5 In-Context
3
Do you fix your eye on them? Will you bring them before you for judgment?
4
Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!
5
A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.
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So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.
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“At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.
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3
1.
Job 24:1
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Psalms 31:15
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Psalms 139:16
2.
Job 21:21
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Psalms 39:4
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Psalms 90:12
3.
Acts 17:26
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