Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired laborer. New Living Translation So leave us alone and let us rest! We are like hired hands, so let us finish our work in peace. English Standard Version look away from him and leave him alone, that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, his day. Berean Standard Bible look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand. King James Bible Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. New King James Version Look away from him that he may rest, Till like a hired man he finishes his day. New American Standard Bible “Look away from him so that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired worker. NASB 1995 “Turn Your gaze from him that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired man. NASB 1977 “Turn Thy gaze from him that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired man. Legacy Standard Bible Turn Your gaze from him that he may cease from toil, Until he accepts his day like a hired man. Amplified Bible “[O God] turn your gaze from him so that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day [on earth] like a hired man. Christian Standard Bible look away from him and let him rest so that he can enjoy his day like a hired worker. Holman Christian Standard Bible look away from him and let him rest so that he can enjoy his day like a hired hand. American Standard Version Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. Contemporary English Version Why don't you leave us alone and let us find some happiness while we toil and labor? English Revised Version Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. GOD'S WORD® Translation Look away from him, and he will cease to be. Meanwhile, he loves life as a laborer loves work. Good News Translation Look away from us and leave us alone; let us enjoy our hard life--if we can. International Standard Version Look away from him and leave him alone, so he can enjoy his time, like a hired worker." Majority Standard Bible look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand. NET Bible Look away from him and let him desist, until he fulfills his time like a hired man. New Heart English Bible Look away from him, that he may rest, until he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. Webster's Bible Translation Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. World English Bible Look away from him, that he may rest, until he accomplishes, as a hireling, his day. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionLook away from off him that he may cease, "" Until he enjoy as a hired worker his day. Young's Literal Translation Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day. Smith's Literal Translation Look away from him and be shall cease, till he shall delight as an hireling in his day. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleDepart a little from him, that he may rest, until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling. Catholic Public Domain Version Withdraw a little from him, so that he may rest, until his awaited day arrives, like that of the hired hand. New American Bible Look away from him and let him be, while, like a hireling, he completes his day. New Revised Standard Version look away from them, and desist, that they may enjoy, like laborers, their days. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTurn thy face away from him, and his days will be spent like a hireling. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And he will breathe until his days run out as a hired man OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. Brenton Septuagint Translation Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, though as a hireling. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Laments the Finality of Death…5Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed, 6look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand. 7For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.… Cross References Psalm 39:13 Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.” Psalm 103:14-16 For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust. / As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; / when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more. Isaiah 40:6-8 A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field. / The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. / The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.” James 4:14 You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Psalm 90:10 The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. Ecclesiastes 3:20 All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust. 1 Peter 1:24 For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.” Psalm 78:39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return. Isaiah 38:12 My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me. 2 Corinthians 5:1-4 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. / For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, / because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. ... Ecclesiastes 12:7 before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it. 1 Corinthians 15:42-44 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable. / It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. / It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. Psalm 144:4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. 2 Samuel 14:14 For we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life, but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him. Treasury of Scripture Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. Turn Job 7:16,19 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity… Job 10:20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, Psalm 39:13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. rest. 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? … 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… Jump to Previous Accomplish Alone Cease Desist End Enjoy Eyes Fulfills Gaze Hand Hired Hireling Look Pleasure Rest Servant Time Turn TurnedJump to Next Accomplish Alone Cease Desist End Enjoy Eyes Fulfills Gaze Hand Hired Hireling Look Pleasure Rest Servant Time Turn TurnedJob 14 1. Job entreats God for favor, by the shortness of life, and certainty of death7. He waits for his change 16. By sin the creature is subject to corruption So look away from him In this phrase, Job is pleading with God to turn His gaze away from him. The Hebrew root for "look away" is "שָׁעָה" (sha'ah), which can mean to turn aside or to disregard. Job feels overwhelmed by God's scrutiny and desires a reprieve. Historically, this reflects the ancient Near Eastern understanding of divine attention, where being under the constant watch of a deity could be both a blessing and a burden. Job's request is not out of irreverence but a deep yearning for relief from his suffering. and let him rest till he fulfills his days like a hired hand Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew look awayשְׁעֵ֣ה (šə·‘êh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 8159: To gaze at, about, to inspect, consider, compassionate, be nonplussed, bewildered from him מֵעָלָ֣יו (mê·‘ā·lāw) Preposition-m | third person masculine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against and let him rest, וְיֶחְדָּ֑ל (wə·yeḥ·dāl) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle so עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while he can enjoy יִ֝רְצֶ֗ה (yir·ṣeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7521: To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt his day יוֹמֽוֹ׃ (yō·w·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day as a hired hand. כְּשָׂכִ֥יר (kə·śā·ḵîr) Preposition-k | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7916: A man at wages Links Job 14:6 NIVJob 14:6 NLT Job 14:6 ESV Job 14:6 NASB Job 14:6 KJV Job 14:6 BibleApps.com Job 14:6 Biblia Paralela Job 14:6 Chinese Bible Job 14:6 French Bible Job 14:6 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 14:6 Look away from him that he may (Jb) |
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