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A Cry for Respite, Not Abandonment
Job's request for God to "look away" is not a desire for God to abandon him. Commentators explain it as a desperate plea for a break from what feels like intense, painful divine scrutiny. He is asking God to turn away His "angry frowning countenance," as one scholar puts it, and grant him a moment of relief from overwhelming suffering.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 14:6
18th Century
Theologian
Turn from him - – שׁעה (shâ‛âh). Look away from, or turn away the eyes (Isaiah 22:4). Job had represented the …
Charles Ellicott
On Job 14:6
19th Century
Bishop
Accomplish. —Rather, have pleasure in; rejoice at the day when his wages are paid him. Job had used the same image before…
John Gill
On Job 14:6
17th Century
Pastor
Turn from him, that he may rest
From this short lived afflicted man, whose days are limited, and will soon be at an …
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Matthew Henry
On Job 14:1–6
17th Century
Minister
Job enlarges upon the condition of man, addressing himself also to God. Every man of Adam's fallen race is short-lived. All his show of beauty, hap…