Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

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.

New American Standard Bible

Turn Your gaze from him that he may rest,
Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

look away from him and let him rest
so that he can enjoy his day like a hired hand.

International Standard Version

Look away from him and leave him alone, so he can enjoy his time, like a hired worker."

A Conservative Version

look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“[O God] turn your gaze from him so that he may rest,
Until he fulfills his day [on earth] like a hired man.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Look away from him and be shall cease, till he shall delight as an hireling in his day.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Look away from him, and let him desist until he enjoys his days like a laborer.

Modern King James verseion

look away from him, so that he may rest until he shall finish his day, as a hireling.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Go from him, that he may rest until his day come: which he looketh for, like as a hireling doth.

NET Bible

Look away from him and let him desist, until he fulfills his time like a hired man.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Look sway from him, that he may rest, Till he shall pay off, as a hireling, his day.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁעה 
Sha`ah 
Usage: 15

as an hireling
שׂכיר 
Sakiyr 
Usage: 17

References

Easton

Hastings

Job

Context Readings

Job Continues To Argue His Case With God

5 If 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; 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. 7 For 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.

Cross References

Job 7:19

How long will it be before your eyes are turned away from me, so that I may have a minute's breathing-space?

Psalm 39:13

Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.

Job 7:1-2

Has not man his ordered time of trouble on the earth? and are not his days like the days of a servant working for payment?

Job 7:16

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

Job 10:20

Are 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 20:1-8

For 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.

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