Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

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.

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.

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 [is] with you; you have appointed his boundaries, and he cannot cross [them]. 6 Look away from him, and let him desist until he enjoys his days like a laborer. 7 "Indeed, there is hope for a tree: if it is cut down, then it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not cease;

Cross References

Job 7:19

{How long} will you not turn away from me? [Or] not leave me alone until I swallow my spit?

Psalm 39:13

Look [away] from me that I may be cheerful, before I depart and I am no more.

Job 7:1-2

"Does not {a human being have hard service} on earth? And [are not] his days like the days of a laborer?

Job 7:16

I loathe [my life]; I would not live forever; depart from me, for my days [are] a breath.

Job 10:20

[Are] not my days few? Let him leave [me] alone; let him turn from me, and let me rejoice a little.

Matthew 20:1-8

"For the kingdom of heaven is like a man--the master of the house--who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

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