King James Version

Job 10:5

Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,

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הֲכִימֵ֣יhakhimeas as long asיוֹםparticle, interrogative, preposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “as as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…אֱנ֣וֹשׁenoshmanאֱנוֹשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “man”, the ordinary formH582a man in general (singly or collectively)another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It…יָמֶ֑יךָyameykhaas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…אִםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…שְׁ֝נוֹתֶ֗יךָshenoteykhayearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “year”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).כִּ֣ימֵיkimeas as long asיוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “as as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…גָֽבֶרgavermanגֶּבֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “man”, the ordinary formH1397properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simplyevery one, man, [idiom] mighty.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Are Thy days as the days of man, or Thy years as a man's days,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Are thy days as the days of man, Or thy years as man’s days,

Young’s Literal Translation

As the days of man [are] Thy days? Thy years as the days of a man?

World English Bible

Are your days as the days of mortals, or your years as man’s years,

Darby Translation

Are thy days as the days of a mortal? are thy years as a man's days,

Douay-Rheims

Are thy days as the days of man, and are thy years as the times of men:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Are Thy days as the days of man, or Thy years as a man's days,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Or is thy life human, or thy years the years of a man,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἢ ὁ βίος σου ἀνθρώπινός ἐστιν, ἢ τὰ ἔτη σου ἀνδρὸς,