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Job 14:6

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

Turn - namely, thine eyes from watching him so jealously (Job 14:3).

Hireling - (Job 7:1).

Accomplish - rather, 'enjoy.' Give him rest in his short span of life, that he may at least enjoy the measure of rest of the hireling, who, though hardworked, reconciles himelf to his lot by the hope of his rest and reward. х raatsaah (H7521), to be contented with; to boar willingly.] (Umbreit.)

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    שְׁעֵ֣ה מֵ עָלָ֣יו וְ יֶחְדָּ֑ל עַד ־יִ֝רְצֶ֗

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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