Job 14:6
“Turne from him that hee may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hircling, his day.”
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Job 14:6 Context
4Who can bring a cleane thing out of an vncleane? not one. 5Seeing his daies are determined, the number of his moneths are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot passe. 6Turne from him that hee may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hircling, his day. 7For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut downe, that it will sprout againe, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8Though the roote thereof waxe old in the earth, and the stocke thereof die in the ground:
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Other Translations for Job 14:6
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
- King James Version
"Turn Your gaze from him that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
- Darby Bible
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
- Webster's Bible
Look away from him, that he may rest, until he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
- World English Bible
Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 14:6
14:6 Turn - Withdraw thine afflicting hand from him, that he may have some present ease. 'Till - He come to the period of his life, which thou hast allotted to him, as a man appoints a set time to an hired servant.