Job 14:6
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
Job 14:6 in other translations
| BSB | look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand. |
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| WEB | Look away from him, that he may rest, until he accomplishes, as a hireling, his day. |
| ASV | Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. |
| YLT | Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day. |
| DARBY | Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day. |
| BBE | Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment. |
| Webster | Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. |
What does Job 14:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 14:1-6
Job enlarges upon the condition of man, addressing himself also to God. Every man of Adam's fallen race is short-lived. All his show of beauty, happiness, and splendour falls before the stroke of sickness or death, as the flower before the scythe; or passes away like the shadow. How is it possible for a man's conduct to be sinless, when his heart is by nature unclean? Here is a clear proof that Job understood and…
Job 14:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 14:6
- Job 7:19
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
- Psalms 39:13
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
- Job 7:1-2
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
- Job 10:20
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
- Job 7:16
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
- Matthew 20:1-8
For 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. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. …
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Context
- Job 14:5
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
- Job 14:6
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
- Job 14:7
For 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.
Job 14:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si tú lo dejares, él dejará de ser: entre tanto deseará, como el jornalero, su día. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Détourne de lui ton regard, et il aura du repos, jusqu’à ce que, comme un mercenaire, il achève sa journée; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | so blicke von ihm weg, daß er Ruhe habe, bis er wie ein Tagelöhner seinen Tag vollende. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Recede paululum ab eo, ut quiescat, donec optata veniat, sicut mercenarii, dies ejus. |