Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Job 14:6 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.