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Job 14:6

Rest and sabbathExhaustionPrayer

4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!

5 Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,

look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.

7 For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

8 If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

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BSB
look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
KJV
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
WEB
Look away from him, that he may rest, until he accomplishes, as a hireling, his day.
ASV
Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
DARBY
Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
BLB
Look away from him that he may rest, until he can enjoy his day like a hireling.
ÅB
så vend ditt øye bort fra ham, så han kan ha ro så vidt at han kan glede seg som en dagarbeider ved sin dag!
OTB
Vend Ditt blikk fra dem så de kan få hvile,
Inntil de fullfører sin dag som en leid arbeider.
B1930
så vend ditt øie bort fra ham, så han kan ha ro så vidt at han kan glede sig som en dagarbeider ved sin dag!

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