Job 14:6

Turne from him that he may cease vntill his desired day, as an hyreling.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Are not his dayes determined? the nober of his moneths are with thee: thou hast appointed his boundes, which he can not passe.

7For there is hope of a tree, if it bee cut downe, that it will yet sproute, and the branches thereof will not cease.

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Cross References

Job 7:16I abhorre it, I shall not liue alway: spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie.

Job 10:20Are not my dayes fewe? let him cease, and leaue off from me, that I may take a litle comfort,

Matthew 20:1For the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine, housholder, which went out at the dawning of the day to hire labourers into his vineyarde.

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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