The Meaning of Job 14:6 Explained

Job 14:6

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

YLT: Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day.

Darby: Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

ASV: Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

Discover Job 14:6

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 14:6?

MEANING: What does Job 14:6 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 14:6 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 14:6?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 14:6 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 14:1-22 - Shall Man Live Again?
Continuing his appeal, Job looks from his own case to the condition of mankind generally, Job 14:1-6. All men are frail and full of trouble, Job 14:12; why should God bring a creature so weak into judgment with Him? Job 14:3. The sinfulness of man is universal-not one can be proved clean before God, Job 14:4. Since man is so frail Job pleads that he may not have such unwonted affliction, but may get some pleasure, Job 14:6, r.v., out of his brief day.
The anticipation of death as total extinction strengthens Job's appeal, Job 14:7-12. Of a tree there is hope that, if cut down, it will sprout again, Job 14:7-9. But at present Job sees no such hope for man. He dies, and is done with, as waters "fail from the sea," Job 14:10-12. This is a gloomy, despairing thought, and one against which the mind rebels as soon as uttered. Against the belief that death is the end of all things every man's better nature revolts. Hence the picture of another life beyond the present immediately rises to Job, Job 14:13-15. It may be only a yearning desire, for Job still asks the question, Job 14:14. Yet this desire, as that for a Daysman, Job 9:32-34, both suggested by the heart's despair, is equally answered by the gospel.
The hope for a future life is made stronger by the apparent injustices that exist now, Job 14:16-22. God's treatment of Job appears to be so severe that Job must perish under His hand, Job 14:18-22. A future life is surely necessary to remedy the inequalities of the present. Evidently this is not the place and time of judgment. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 14

1  Job entreats God for favor, by the shortness of life, and certainty of death
7  He waits for his change
16  By sin the creature is subject to corruption

What do the individual words in Job 14:6 mean?

Look away from him that he may rest Till he finishes like a hired man his day
שְׁעֵ֣ה מֵעָלָ֣יו וְיֶחְדָּ֑ל עַד־ יִ֝רְצֶ֗ה כְּשָׂכִ֥יר יוֹמֽוֹ

שְׁעֵ֣ה  Look  away 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: שָׁעָה  
Sense: to look at or to, regard, gaze at or about.
מֵעָלָ֣יו  from  him 
Parse: Preposition-m, third person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
וְיֶחְדָּ֑ל  that  he  may  rest 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָדַל 
Sense: to stop, cease, desist, forego, cease to be, leave undone, forbear.
עַד־  Till 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
יִ֝רְצֶ֗ה  he  finishes 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָצָא 
Sense: to be pleased with, be favourable to, accept favourably.
כְּשָׂכִ֥יר  like  a  hired  man 
Parse: Preposition-k, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: שָׂכִיר  
Sense: hired.
יוֹמֽוֹ  his  day 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.

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