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We are like hired hands, so let us finish our work in peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />look away from him and leave him alone, that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, his day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Look away from him that he may rest, Till like a hired man he finishes his day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Look away from him so that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired worker.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Turn Your gaze from him that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Turn Thy gaze from him that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Turn Your gaze from him that he may cease <i>from toil</i>, Until he accepts his day like a hired man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“[O God] turn your gaze from him so that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day [on earth] like a hired man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />look away from him and let him rest so that he can enjoy his day like a hired worker.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />look away from him and let him rest so that he can enjoy his day like a hired hand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Why don't you leave us alone and let us find some happiness while we toil and labor? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Look away from him, and he will cease to be. Meanwhile, he loves life as a laborer loves work. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Look away from us and leave us alone; let us enjoy our hard life--if we can. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Look away from him and leave him alone, so he can enjoy his time, like a hired worker."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Look away from him and let him desist, until he fulfills his time like a hired man. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Look away from him, that he may rest, until he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Look away from him, that he may rest, until he accomplishes, as a hireling, his day. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Look away from off him that he may cease, "" Until he enjoy as a hired worker his day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Look away from him and be shall cease, till he shall delight as an hireling in his day.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Withdraw a little from him, so that he may rest, until his awaited day arrives, like that of the hired hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Look away from him and let him be, while, like a hireling, he completes his day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />look away from them, and desist, that they may enjoy, like laborers, their days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Turn thy face away from him, and his days will be spent like a hireling.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he will breathe until his days run out as a hired man<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, <i>though</i> as a hireling.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/14-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2126" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/14.htm">Job Laments the Finality of Death</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed, <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8159.htm" title="8159: šə·‘êh (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- A primitive root; to gaze at or about; by implication, to inspect, consider, compassionate, be nonplussed or bewildered.">look away</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘ā·lāw (Prep-m:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">from him</a> <a href="/hebrew/2308.htm" title="2308: wə·yeḥ·dāl (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3ms) -- To cease. A primitive root; properly, to be flabby, i.e. desist; be lacking or idle.">and let him rest,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">so</a> <a href="/hebrew/7521.htm" title="7521: yir·ṣeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be pleased with, accept favorably. A primitive root; to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt.">he can enjoy</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·w·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">his day</a> <a href="/hebrew/7916.htm" title="7916: kə·śā·ḵîr (Prep-k:: Adj-ms) -- Hired. From sakar; a man at wages by the day or year.">as a hired hand.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/39-13.htm">Psalm 39:13</a></span><br />Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-14.htm">Psalm 103:14-16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-8</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-14.htm">James 4:14</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalm 90:10</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-20.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:20</a></span><br />All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">1 Peter 1:24</a></span><br />For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Genesis 3:19</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-39.htm">Psalm 78:39</a></span><br />He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-12.htm">Isaiah 38:12</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-1.htm">2 Corinthians 5:1-4</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:7</a></span><br />before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42-44</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/144-4.htm">Psalm 144:4</a></span><br />Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/14-14.htm">2 Samuel 14:14</a></span><br />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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.</p><p class="hdg">Turn</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/7-16.htm">Job 7:16,19</a></b></br> I loathe <i>it</i>; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days <i>are</i> vanity… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/10-20.htm">Job 10:20</a></b></br> <i>Are</i> not my days few? cease <i>then, and</i> let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/39-13.htm">Psalm 39:13</a></b></br> O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.</p><p class="hdg">rest.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/7-1.htm">Job 7:1,2</a></b></br> <i>Is there</i> not an appointed time to man upon earth? <i>are not</i> his days also like the days of an hireling? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/20-1.htm">Matthew 20:1-8</a></b></br> For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man <i>that is</i> an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/19-31.htm">Accomplish</a> <a href="/job/13-13.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/job/10-20.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/job/7-19.htm">Desist</a> <a href="/job/13-15.htm">End</a> <a href="/job/3-18.htm">Enjoy</a> <a href="/job/14-3.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/romans/2-27.htm">Fulfills</a> <a href="/job/7-19.htm">Gaze</a> <a href="/job/13-21.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/job/7-2.htm">Hired</a> <a href="/job/7-2.htm">Hireling</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-12.htm">Look</a> <a href="/job/13-3.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/job/11-18.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/job/7-2.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/job/10-17.htm">Time</a> <a href="/job/13-16.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/job/10-20.htm">Turned</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/35-6.htm">Accomplish</a> <a href="/job/14-22.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/job/14-7.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/psalms/37-8.htm">Desist</a> <a href="/job/14-7.htm">End</a> <a href="/job/20-17.htm">Enjoy</a> <a href="/job/15-12.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/psalms/57-2.htm">Fulfills</a> <a href="/job/30-20.htm">Gaze</a> <a href="/job/15-23.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-26.htm">Hired</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-14.htm">Hireling</a> <a href="/psalms/40-12.htm">Look</a> <a href="/job/21-11.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/job/16-18.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/job/19-16.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/job/14-13.htm">Time</a> <a href="/job/15-13.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/job/16-11.htm">Turned</a><div class="vheading2">Job 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/14-1.htm">Job entreats God for favor, by the shortness of life, and certainty of death</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/14-7.htm">He waits for his change</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/14-16.htm">By sin the creature is subject to corruption</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>look away from him</b><br>This phrase reflects Job's plea for God to turn His attention away from him, allowing him a reprieve from his suffering. In the context of the Book of Job, Job is enduring immense trials and feels overwhelmed by God's scrutiny. This request echoes the human desire for relief from divine judgment or testing. Biblically, the idea of God "looking away" can be seen in other scriptures where individuals seek mercy or respite, such as in <a href="/psalms/39-13.htm">Psalm 39:13</a>, where David asks God to look away so he may have peace before he departs.<p><b>and let him rest</b><br>Job desires rest from his afflictions, a theme prevalent throughout the Bible. Rest is often associated with peace and relief from labor or suffering. In the Old Testament, the Sabbath is a day of rest, symbolizing God's rest after creation (<a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2-3</a>). In the New Testament, Jesus offers rest to those who are weary and burdened (<a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a>), indicating a deeper spiritual rest found in Him. Job's request for rest highlights the universal human need for physical and spiritual respite.<p><b>so he can enjoy his day</b><br>The notion of enjoying one's day suggests a temporary reprieve from life's hardships. In the ancient Near Eastern context, life was often harsh and labor-intensive, making moments of enjoyment particularly precious. <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:12-13</a> speaks to the idea that finding joy in one's labor is a gift from God. Job's desire to enjoy his day underscores the fleeting nature of life and the importance of finding joy amidst suffering.<p><b>as a hired hand</b><br>The comparison to a hired hand emphasizes the temporary and often difficult nature of human life. In biblical times, hired hands were laborers who worked for daily wages, often without the security or benefits of permanent employment. This imagery reflects the transient and toilsome aspects of life, as seen in Jesus' parable of the workers in the vineyard (<a href="/matthew/20.htm">Matthew 20:1-16</a>), where hired workers are paid for their day's labor. Job's analogy highlights the brevity and toil of human existence, echoing the broader biblical theme of life as a temporary journey.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, known for his immense suffering and his quest for understanding God's justice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty Creator, whom Job addresses in his lament, seeking understanding and relief from his suffering.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/hired_worker.htm">Hired Worker</a></b><br>A metaphor used by Job to describe the brevity and toil of human life, likening it to the temporary and laborious existence of a hired servant.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived, often associated with the region east of Israel, though its exact location is uncertain.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_suffering.htm">Job's Suffering</a></b><br>The event of Job's immense personal loss and physical affliction, which serves as the backdrop for his dialogues and laments.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_brevity_of_life.htm">The Brevity of Life</a></b><br>Job's metaphor of a hired worker reminds us of the temporary nature of our earthly existence. We should live with an eternal perspective, valuing what truly matters in light of eternity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_rest_in_god.htm">Seeking Rest in God</a></b><br>Just as Job longs for rest, we are reminded that true rest and peace are found in God alone. In our struggles, we should turn to Him for comfort and strength.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_human_suffering.htm">Understanding Human Suffering</a></b><br>Job's plea for relief highlights the reality of human suffering. As believers, we are called to trust in God's sovereignty and goodness, even when we do not understand our circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_perseverance.htm">The Value of Perseverance</a></b><br>Job's endurance through trials serves as an example for us to remain steadfast in faith, trusting that God is working for our good and His glory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_lament.htm">The Role of Lament</a></b><br>Job's honest expression of his pain and confusion teaches us that it is acceptable to bring our laments before God, who is compassionate and understanding.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_the_bible_support_eternal_security.htm">Is the doctrine of eternal security supported by the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_time_management.htm">What does the Bible teach about managing time?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_14_1-2_conflict_with_promises.htm">Does Job 14:1-2's portrayal of life as short and full of trouble conflict with biblical passages that promise long life and blessings?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_jonah_and_job_more_literary.htm">Why do some biblical books, like Jonah and Job, have more of a literary style than historical narrative?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">Accomplish.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">have pleasure in; rejoice at the day when his wages are paid him. </span>Job had used the same image before (<a href="/job/7-2.htm" title="As a servant earnestly desires the shadow, and as an hireling looks for the reward of his work:">Job 7:2</a>). Job now proceeds to enlarge on the mortality of man, comparing him, as is so often done in all literature, to the vegetable produce of the earth (<a href="/isaiah/40-7.htm" title="The grass wither, the flower fades: because the spirit of the LORD blows on it: surely the people is grass.">Isaiah 40:7</a>; <a href="/isaiah/65-22.htm" title="They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and my elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.">Isaiah 65:22</a>); with this difference, however--that a tree will sprout again when it is cut down, but even a strong man succumbs to death. "Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?"<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Turn from him, that he may rest</span>; literally, <span class="accented">look away from him</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "Cease to watch him and search him out so continually" (comp. <a href="/job/7-17.htm">Job 7:17, 18</a>). "Then he will be able to have a breathing-time, an interval of peace and rest, before his departure from the earth." What Job had previously desired for himself (<a href="/job/10-20.htm">Job 10:20</a>) he now asks for all humanity. <span class="cmt_word">Till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day</span>. Hired labourers are glad when their day's work is over. So man rejoices when life comes to an end. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Ver 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down</span>. God's vegetable creation is better off, in respect of length of days, than man. Let a tree be cut down, it is not therefore of necessity destroyed. There is yet hope for it. The bare dry stump will sometimes put forth tender branches, which will grow and flourish, and renew the old life. Or, if the stump be quite dead, suckers may spring up from the root and grow into new trees as vigorous as the one that they replace (comp. <a href="/isaiah/11-1.htm">Isaiah 11:1</a>). Herodotus considered that all trees had this recuperative power, except the <span class="greek">πίτυς</span>, a species of fir (Herod., 6:37), and the traveller Shaw says that when a palm tree dies there is always a sucker ready to take its place. Pliny also observes of the laurel, "Viva-cissima est radix, ita ut, si truncus ina-ruerit, recisa arbor mox laetius frutificet" ('Hist. Nat.,' 1:15. § 30). <span class="cmt_word">That it will sprout again</span>. That is, from the spool or stump. Some trees, as the Spanish chest. nut, if cut down flush with the ground, throw up shoots from the entire circle of the stomp, often as many as fifteen or twenty. <span class="cmt_word">And that the tender branch thereof will not cease</span>. The vigour of such shoots is very great. In a few years they grow to the height of the parent tree. If they are then removed they are quickly replaced by a fresh growth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/14-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">look away</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁעֵ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(šə·‘êh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8159.htm">Strong's 8159: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gaze at, about, to inspect, consider, compassionate, be nonplussed, bewildered</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from him</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעָלָ֣יו</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘ā·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and let him rest,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיֶחְדָּ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yeḥ·dāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2308.htm">Strong's 2308: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he can enjoy</span><br /><span class="heb">יִ֝רְצֶ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(yir·ṣeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7521.htm">Strong's 7521: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his day</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹמֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as a hired hand.</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּשָׂכִ֥יר</span> <span class="translit">(kə·śā·ḵîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7916.htm">Strong's 7916: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man at wages</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/14-6.htm">Job 14:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/14-6.htm">Job 14:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/14-6.htm">Job 14:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/14-6.htm">Job 14:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/14-6.htm">Job 14:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/14-6.htm">Job 14:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/14-6.htm">Job 14:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/14-6.htm">Job 14:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/14-6.htm">Job 14:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/14-6.htm">Job 14:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/14-6.htm">OT Poetry: Job 14:6 Look away from him that he may (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/14-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 14:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 14:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/14-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 14:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 14:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>