Job 14:6

"Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass."

Key Reflection

This verse underscores God's sovereignty over human life, indicating that while our days are finite and pre-determined by Him, we must trust in His control and provision for each stage of our existence. It emphasizes both the limitation and the comfort found in knowing our lives are under divine oversight.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Turn from him --שׁעהshâ‛âh. Look away from; or turn away the eyes;Isaiah 22:4. Job had represented the Lord as looking intently upon him, and narrowly watching all his ways. He now asks him that he would look away and suffer him to be alone, and to spend the little time he had in comfort and peace. That he may rest -Margin, “Cease.” “Let him be ceased from” -ויחדלveychâdal. The idea is not that of rest, but it is that of having God cease to afflict him; or, in other words, leaving him to himself. Job wished the hand of God to be withdrawn, and prayed that he might be left to himself. Till he shall accomplish --עד־ירצה‛ad-yı̂rtseh.

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