Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

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

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.

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.

Darby Translation

Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, 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 determined, the number of his months with thee; thou madest his limit; he shall not pass over. 6 Look away from him and be shall cease, till he shall delight as an hireling in his day. 7 For there is hope for a tree if it shall be cut down, and it shall yet revive, and its suckers shall not cease.

Cross References

Job 7:19

How long wilt thou not look away from me? wilt thou not desist from me even to my swallowing down my spittle?

Psalm 39:13

Look away from me, and I shall be cheerful, before I shall go and I not be.

Job 7:1-2

Is there not warfare to man upon the earth, and his days as the days of a hireling?

Job 7:16

I melted away; I shall not live forever: desist from me, for my days are vanity.

Job 10:20

Is it not my days few? He will cease; he will turn from me, and I shall be cheerful a little,

Matthew 20:1-8

For the kingdom of the heavens is like to a man, master of a house, who went out as soon as morning to hire workmen for his vineyard.

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