Job 7:2
As a servant desiring the shades of evening, and a workman looking for his payment:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
In Context
3So I have for my heritage months of pain to no purpose, and nights of weariness are given to me.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:13Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.
Psalms 119:131My mouth was open wide, waiting with great desire for your teachings.
Jeremiah 6:4Make war ready against her; up! let us go up when the sun is high. Sorrow is ours! for the day is turned and the shades of evening are stretched out.
Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
Matthew Henry on Job 7:2-7
Job's Reply to Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling? 2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: 3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. 4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my… Read the whole commentary →