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 bring purity out of an impure person? No one! 5You have decided the length of our lives. You know how many months we will live, and we are not given a minute longer. So leave us alone and let us rest! We are like hired hands, so let us finish our work in peace. 7“Even a tree has more hope! If it is cut down, it will sprout again and grow new branches. 8Though its roots have grown old in the earth and its stump decays,

Job 14:6 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Turnשָׁעָהshâ‛âh · to gazeH8159
• from him, that he may restחָדַלchâdal · to ceaseH2308
• till he shall accomplishרָצָהrâtsâh · to acceptH7521
• as an hirelingשָׂכִירώâkîyr · hiredH7916
• his dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Job 14:6

• Job 7:16I hate my life and don’t want to go on living. Oh, leave me alone for my few remaining days.
• Job 10:20I have only a few days left, so leave me alone, that I may have a moment of comfort
• Psalms 39:13Leave me alone so I can smile again before I am gone and exist no more.
• Job 7:1“Is not all human life a struggle? Our lives are like that of a hired hand,
• Matthew 20:1“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers 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

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• 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