Job 14:6
Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Recede paululum ab eo, ut quiescat, donec optata veniat, sicut mercenarii, dies ejus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἀπόστα ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἵνα ἡσυχάσῃ καὶ εὐδοκήσῃ τὸν βίον, ὥσπερ ὁ μισθωτός.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- שְׁעֵ֣ה מֵעָלָ֣יו וְיֶחְדָּ֑ל עַד יִ֝רְצֶ֗ה כְּשָׂכִ֥יר יוֹמֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Hireling, who rejoices at being permitted to rest a little. So, before death, suffer me to have some relaxation, chap. vii. 1.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.