Job Laments the Finality of Death
Job 14:6
In 11 translations
- BSB
- look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
- KJV
- Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.rest: Heb. cease
- 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.
- LSV
- Look away from off him that he may cease, || Until he enjoy as a hired worker his day.
- YLT
- Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day.
- DBY
- Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
- DRC
- Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling.
- GNV
- Turne from him that he may cease vntill his desired day, as an hyreling.
- JPS
- Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
- LXXE
- Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, though as a hireling.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- שְׁעֵ֣ה מֵעָלָ֣יו וְיֶחְדָּ֑ל עַד־יִ֝רְצֶ֗ה כְּשָׂכִ֥יר יוֹמֽוֹ׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἀπόστα ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ, ἵνα ἡσυχάσῃ, καὶ εὐδοκήσῃ τὸν βίον, ὥσπερ ὁ μισθωτός.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Job 7:19Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?
- Psalms 39:13Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
- Job 7:1–2“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand? Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
- Job 10:20Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,
- Job 7:16I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
- Matthew 20:1–8“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard. About the third hour he…
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