Job 14:6
שְׁעֵה מֵעָלָיו וְיֶחְדָּל עַד ־ יִרְצֶה כְּשָׂכִיר יוֹמֽוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
In Context
5אִם חֲרוּצִים ׀ יָמָיו מִֽסְפַּר ־ חֳדָשָׁיו אִתָּךְ חקו עָשִׂיתָ וְלֹא יַעֲבֽוֹר ׃
7כִּי יֵשׁ לָעֵץ תִּקְוָה אִֽם ־ יִכָּרֵת וְעוֹד יַחֲלִיף וְיֹֽנַקְתּוֹ לֹא תֶחְדָּֽל ׃
Cross References
Job 7:16מָאַסְתִּי לֹא ־ לְעֹלָם אֶֽחְיֶה חֲדַל מִמֶּנִּי כִּי ־ הֶבֶל יָמָֽי ׃
Job 10:20הֲלֹא ־ מְעַט יָמַי יחדל ישית מִמֶּנִּי וְאַבְלִיגָה מְּעָֽט ׃
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 →