Job 14:6

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? an appointed...: or, a warfare As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: earnestly...: Heb. gapeth after

O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. penny: the Roman penny is the eighth part of an ounce, which after five shillings the ounce is seven pence halfpenny; about fourteen cents And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.