Job 14:7

"Look away from him, that he may rest, until he accomplishes, as a hireling, his day."

Key Reflection

In Job 14:7, the verse suggests that God should turn away His gaze from Job to allow him temporary peace and rest. This reflects the idea that even in suffering, there is a hope for relief, mirroring how a hired laborer looks forward to completing his day of work and finding rest.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

For there is hope of a tree -This passage toJob 14:12, is one of exquisite beauty. Its object is to state reasons why man should be permitted to enjoy this life. A tree, if cut down, might spring up again and flourish; but not man. He died to rise no more; he is cut down and lives not again. The passage is important as expressing the prevalent sentiment of the time in which Job lived about the future condition of man, and is one that deserves a close examination. The great question is, whether Job believed in the future state, or in the resurrection of the dead? On this question one or two things are clear at the outset.

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