Job 14:6

Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

5If his days are ordered, and you have knowledge of the number of his months, having given him a fixed limit past which he may not go;

7For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.

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Cross References

Job 7:16I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.

Job 10:20Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

Matthew 20:1For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden.

Matthew Henry on Job 14:2-7

Brevity and Frailty of Human Life. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 6 Turn from him, that he may… Read the whole commentary →

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