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 a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. 5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. 7For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

Job 14:6 word by word

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

• 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 loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
• Job 10:20Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
• Psalms 39:13O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
• Job 7:1Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
• Matthew 20:1For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into 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
• Employee
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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