Albert Barnes Commentary Job 14:6

"Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day." — Job 14:6 (ASV)

Turn from him - – שׁעה (shâ‛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 to look away and let him 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” – ויחדל (veychâdal). The idea is not that of rest, but it is that of God ceasing 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 Job wished the hand of God to be withdrawn and prayed that he might be left to himself.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). Septuagint, εἰδοκήσῃ τὸν βίον (eidokēsē ton bion) – “and comfort his life,” or make his life pleasant. Jerome renders it, “until his desired day—‘optata dies’—shall come like that of a hireling.” Dr. Good, “that he may fill up his day.” Noyes, “that he may enjoy his day.”

The word used here, רצה (râtsâh), properly means to delight in, to take pleasure in, to satisfy, or to pay off. There can be no doubt that implied in the use of this word was the notion of “enjoyment” or “pleasure.” Job wished to be spared, that he might still have comfort in this world.

His comparison of himself with a hireling is not that he might have comfort like a hireling—for such an image would not be pertinent or appropriate—but that his life was like that of a hireling, and he wished to be left alone until his time was completed. On this sentiment, see the notes at (Job 7:1).