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Job 14:6

Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

KJV

Recede paululum ab eo, ut quiescat, donec optata veniat, sicut mercenarii, dies ejus.

Vulgate

ἀπόστα ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ἵνα ἡσυχάσῃ καὶ εὐδοκήσῃ τὸν βίον, ὥσπερ ὁ μισθωτός.

LXX

Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

ASV

שְׁעֵ֣ה מֵ/עָלָ֣י/ו וְ/יֶחְדָּ֑ל עַד יִ֝רְצֶ֗ה כְּ/שָׂכִ֥יר יוֹמֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶחְדָּ֑ל
'chdl
verb · 59×
יִשְׁע֖וּ
ysh'v
verb · 14×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
ם
m
verb · 57×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שָׂכִ֖יר
shkyr
noun · 17×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 7:1 — Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
  • Job 7:16 — I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
  • Job 7:19 — How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
  • Job 7:19 — How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
  • Job 10:20 — Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
  • Ps 39:13 — O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.