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Read Full Chapter (Job 14) Job 14:5-6 KJV
"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."
Job 14:5-6 in Context (Verses 2–9 KJV)
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He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
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Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.*
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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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Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.*
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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.
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Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
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Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.