(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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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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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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“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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 “But He is unique, and who can make Him change?
And whatever (A)His soul desires, that He does.
14 For He performs what is (B)appointed for me,
And many such things are with Him.

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13 “But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?(A)
    He does whatever he pleases.(B)
14 He carries out his decree against me,
    and many such plans he still has in store.(C)

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You have (A)set a boundary that they may not pass over,
(B)That they may not return to cover the earth.

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You set a boundary(A) they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.

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Belshazzar’s Fall

30 (A)That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain.

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30 That very night Belshazzar,(A) king(B) of the Babylonians,[a] was slain,(C)

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  1. Daniel 5:30 Or Chaldeans

35 (A)All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing;
(B)He does according to His will in the army of heaven
And among the inhabitants of the earth.
(C)No one can restrain His hand
Or say to Him, (D)“What have You done?”

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35 All the peoples of the earth
    are regarded as nothing.(A)
He does as he pleases(B)
    with the powers of heaven
    and the peoples of the earth.
No one can hold back(C) his hand(D)
    or say to him: “What have you done?”(E)

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