Job 14:6

Job 14:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
• New International Version (NIV)So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.
• English Standard Version (ESV)look away from him and leave him alone, that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, his day.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Look away from him that he may rest, Till like a hired man he finishes his day.

Context of Job 14:6

4Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one! 5Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And You have set his limits so that he cannot pass. Look away from him so that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired worker. 7“For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail. 8Though its roots grow old in the ground, And its stump dies in the dry soil,

Job 14:6 word by word

שְׁעֵ֣ה מֵעָלָ֣יו וְיֶחְדָּ֑ל עַד־יִ֝רְצֶ֗ה כְּשָׂכִ֥יר יוֹמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• Lookשָׁעָהshâ‛âh · to gazeH8159
• restחָדַלchâdal · to ceaseH2308
• Untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• fulfillsרָצָהrâtsâh · to acceptH7521
• his dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• like a hiredשָׂכִירώâkîyr · hiredH7916

Cross-references for Job 14:6

• Job 7:16I waste away; I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are only a breath.
• Job 10:20Would He not leave my few days alone? Withdraw from me so that I may have a little cheerfulness
• Psalms 39:13Turn Your eyes away from me, that I may become cheerful again Before I depart and am no more.”
• Job 7:1“Is a person not forced to labor on earth, And are his days not like the days of a hired worker?
• Matthew 20:1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

Commentaries on Job 14:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Turn from him, that he may rest - Cease to try him by afflictions and distresses, that he may enjoy some of the comforts of life, before he be removed from it: and thus, like a hireling, who is permitted by his master to take a little repose in the heat of the day, from severe labor, I shall also have a breathing time from affliction, before I come to that bound over which I cannot pass. See Job 10:20; (note), where there is a similar request.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Turn from him - - שׁעה shâ‛âh Look away from; or turn away the eyes; Isaiah 22:4. Job had represented the Lord as looking intently upon him, and narrowly watching all his ways. He now asks him that he would look away and suffer him to be alone, and to spend the little time he had in comfort and peace. That he may rest - Margin, “Cease.” “Let him be ceased from” - ויחדל veychâdal The idea is not that of rest, but it is that of having God cease to…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Turn--namely, Thine eyes from watching him so jealously (Job 14:3). hireling--(Job 7:1). accomplish--rather, "enjoy." That he may at least enjoy the measure of rest of the hireling who though hard worked reconciles himself to his lot by the hope of his rest and reward [Umbreit].Read the comment

Topics related to Job 14:6

• Death
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In the dictionaries

• Awake
• Born
• Change
• Clean
• Hireling
• Plow
• Raise
• Sew
• Stock
• Wait

Commentaries on Job 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings