Are not the days of my life few? Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort
Job 14:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 look away from them and desist, that they may enjoy, like laborers, their days. More versionsKing 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 is cut down, that it will sprout again and that its shoots will not cease.
I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, for my days are a breath.
Will you not look away from me for a while, let me alone until I swallow my spittle?
Turn your gaze away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more.”
But now the Lord says, “In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all its great multitude, and those who survive will be very few and feeble.”