Job 7:2
As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
1Is there not a time of service to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
3So am I made to possess — months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:13Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, nor rob him; the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Psalms 119:131I opened wide my mouth, and panted; for I longed for Thy commandments.
Jeremiah 6:4'Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon!' 'Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out!'
Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers; and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not Me, saith the LORD of hosts.
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 →