Are not the days of my life few? Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort
Job 14:6 - Revised Standard Version CI look away from him, and desist, that he may enjoy, like a hireling, his day. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Turn from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [O God] turn from him [and cease to watch him so pitilessly]; let him rest until he has accomplished as does a hireling the appointed time for his day. American Standard Version (1901) Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. Common English Bible Look away from us that we may rest, until we are satisfied like a worker at day’s end. 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his wished-for day come, as that of the hireling. |
Are not the days of my life few? Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort
“For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.
I loathe my life; I would not live for ever. Let me alone, for my days are a breath.
How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle?
Look away from me, that I may know gladness, before I depart and be no more!”
But now the Lord says, “In three years, like the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all his great multitude, and those who survive will be very few and feeble.”