Bible verse
Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
Job 14:5 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 14.
1 “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
2 Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
3 Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
5 Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
6 look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
7 For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
8 If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
9 at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.
KJV
Seeing his days [are] determined, the number of his months [are] with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
ASV
Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
ERV
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with thee, and thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
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