Job 10:5

Hebrew
ESV
Are your days as the days of man, or your years as a man's years,
NIV
Are your days like those of a mortal or your years like those of a man,
NLT
Is your lifetime only as long as ours? Is your life so short
LXX
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greek

The definite article
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greek

εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
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greek

The definite article
ἔτη σου ἀνδρός
KJV
Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,

Job 10:4 ← Job 10:5 → Job 10:6

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