Job 7:2
As an hert desireth schadowe, and as an hirede man abideth the ende of his werk;
Bible (Wycliffe)
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
1Knyythod is lijf of man on erthe, and his daies ben as the daies of an hired man.
3so and Y hadde voide monethis, and Y noumbrede trauailous niytes to me.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:13Thou schalt not make fals chalenge to thi neiybore, nethir thou schalt oppresse hym bi violence. The werk of thin hirid man schal not dwelle at thee til the morewtid.
Jeremiah 6:4Halewe ye batel on it. Rise ye togidire, and stie we in myddai. Wo to vs, for the dai is bowid doun, for shadewis ben maad lengere in the euentid.
Malachi 3:5And Y schal come to you in doom, and Y schal be a swift witnesse to mysdoeris, `ether enchaunteris of deuelis craft, and to auouteris, and forsworn men, and that falsli calengen the hire of the hirid man, and widewis, and fadirles, `ether modirles, children, and oppressen a pilgrym, `nether dredden me, seith the Lord of oostis.