King James Version (KJV)

Job 14:5

“Seeing his days [are] determined, the number of his months [are] with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;”

Verse in context — Job 14

And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

Who can bring a clean [thing] out of an unclean? not one.

Seeing his days [are] determined, the number of his months [are] with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

A poetic exploration of suffering, faith, and God’s sovereignty.