A person’s days are determined;(A)
    you have decreed the number of his months(B)
    and have set limits he cannot exceed.(C)

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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;

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(A)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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“Show me, Lord, my life’s end
    and the number of my days;(A)
    let me know how fleeting(B) my life is.(C)

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Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.

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Lord, (A)make me to know my end,
And what is the measure of my days,
That I may know how frail I am.

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26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.(A)

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26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

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26 And He has made from one [a]blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and (A)the boundaries of their dwellings,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:26 NU omits blood

27 Just as people are destined to die once,(A) and after that to face judgment,(B)

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27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

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27 (A)And as it is appointed for men to die once, (B)but after this the judgment,

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10 In his hand is the life(A) of every creature
    and the breath of all mankind.(B)

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10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

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10 (A)In whose hand is the [a]life of every living thing,
And the (B)breath of [b]all mankind?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:10 Or soul
  2. Job 12:10 Lit. all flesh of men

29 When you hide your face,(A)
    they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
    they die and return to the dust.(B)

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29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

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29 You hide Your face, they are troubled;
(A)You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

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21 For what do they care about the families they leave behind(A)
    when their allotted months(B) come to an end?(C)

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21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

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21 For what does he care about his household after him,
When the number of his months is cut in half?

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20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(A) This very night your life will be demanded from you.(B) Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’(C)

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20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

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20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night (A)your soul will be required of you; (B)then whose will those things be which you have provided?’

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26 “Here is what these words mean:

Mene[a]: God has numbered the days(A) of your reign and brought it to an end.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:26 Mene can mean numbered or mina (a unit of money).

26 This is the interpretation of the thing: Mene; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

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26 This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it;

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