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;

Cross-references

Job 14:14 Parallel

Job 14:14 questions whether there is hope beyond the fixed lifespan described here—the same lament about human frailty.

Job 12:10 Related theme

Job 12:10 reinforces that God holds all life in His hand—the same sovereignty over human days mentioned here.

Job 23:14 Parallel

Job 23:14 confirms God completes His appointed plan for Job, directly linking to the determined days of 14:5.

Job 7:1 Parallel

Job 7:1 echoes this idea of man's days being limited and full of hard service—both lament the human condition.

Job 16:22 Parallel

In Job 16:22, Job again speaks of the few years left before he goes to the grave — reinforcing the certainty of the appointed end.

Job 30:23 Parallel

In Job 30:23, Job acknowledges God will bring him to death — the same appointed house for all living, confirming the fixed limit.

Job 23:13 Parallel

Job 23:13 declares God's unchanging purpose and sovereignty, underlying the fixed limits of human life in Job 14:5.

Revelation 1:18 shows Christ's victory over death, contrasting with Job's view of death as an unpassable limit.

Daniel 5:26 Parallel

Daniel 5:26 uses the same 'numbered days' imagery—God has fixed the limit, here for Belshazzar's kingdom.

Psalm 39:4 Parallel

Psalm 39:4 parallels this prayer to know the measure of days—the same recognition of divinely appointed limits.

In Ecclesiastes 3:2, the famous 'time to die' directly parallels Job's theme that God appoints a specific time for each life.

In Ecclesiastes 8:8, the writer declares no one has power over the day of death — echoing Job's point that life's limits are unchangeable.

Isaiah 38:5 Contrast

In Isaiah 38:5, God adds fifteen years to Hezekiah's life — showing His sovereign ability to alter the appointed days He sets.

Luke 12:20 Parallel

Luke 12:20 illustrates an appointed limit—the rich fool's soul required that night—showing God's sovereignty over life's end.

Hebrews 9:27 affirms the appointed death but adds the judgment that follows, extending Job's finite view.

Psalm 104:29 shows God's active role in taking life by removing breath, complementing the appointed death in Job 14:5.

Daniel 4:35 Parallel

Daniel 4:35 emphasizes God's absolute sovereignty over all, reinforcing the basis for His setting of human limits in Job 14:5.

Psalm 39:13 Related theme

In Psalm 39:13, the psalmist pleads for respite before departing — acknowledging life's limited days, similar to Job's fixed span.

Acts 17:26 Parallel

Acts 17:26 expands God's sovereign appointment to nations' boundaries and times, paralleling Job's theme of divinely set limits.

Daniel 9:24 Related theme

Daniel 9:24 similarly speaks of a decreed period—seventy weeks ordained by God—paralleling the appointed limits on human days.