Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Job 14:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as an 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 my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
I loathe my life; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity
How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.