Job 14:5

“If his days are determined, the number of his months is with you; his limits you have made, and he will not pass them.”

Job 14:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 14:5, word by word

his daysיָמָיyamay

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yamay” appears
are determinedחֲרוּצִיםcharutsim

decree

To settle something in advance.

Where else “charutsim” appears
the numberמִסְפַּרmispar

number

The amount that results from counting: how many there are.

Where else “mispar” appears
of his monthsחֳדָשָׁיchodashay

month

A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.

Where else “chodashay” appears
his limitsחֻקָּיchukay

limit

The line that marks how far something reaches.

Where else “chukay” appears
you have madeעָשִׂיתָasita

make

To build or create something.

Where else “asita” appears
pass themיַעֲבוֹרyaavor

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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The context

4Who will bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.

5 · This verse (above)

6look away from him that he may cease, until he takes pleasure, like a hired worker, in his day.

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