Job 14:6
look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
BSB
ASV
Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
KJV
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
Turn from him, that he may rest - Cease to try him by afflictions and distresses, that he may enjoy some of the comforts of life, before he be removed from it: and thus, like a hireling, who is permitted by his master to take a little repose in the heat of the day, from severe labor, I shall also have a breathing time from affliction, before I come to that bound over which I cannot pass. See Job 10:20 (note), where there is a similar request.
Turn--namely, Thine eyes from watching him so jealously (Job 14:3). hireling-- (Job 7:1). accomplish--rather, "enjoy." That he may at least enjoy the measure of rest of the hireling who though hard worked reconciles himself to his lot by the hope of his rest and reward [UMBREIT].
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Psalms 39:13Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
leads to
Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,
But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?
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Job 10:20Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,
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“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
Through
Job 7:16I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
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“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life,…