Job 7:2
Like a slave earnestly desires the shadows of evening, 1 like a hired man looks for his wages— 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
1Does not man have hard labor on earth? 1 Are not his days like the days of a hired man? 1
3so I have been made to endure months of misery; 1 I have been given trouble-filled nights. 1
Cross References
Leviticus 19:13Do not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant must not stay with you all night until the morning.
Psalms 119:131I open my mouth and pant, 1 for I long for your commandments. 1
Jeremiah 6:4“Dedicate yourselves to the gods for the battle. Arise, let us attack at noon. 1 It is too bad that the daylight is fading away, that the evening shadows are falling. 1
Malachi 3:5“Then I will approach you for judgment. I will quickly become a witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers, the false witnesses, and against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, against those who turn away the foreigner, and against those who do not honor me,” says Yahweh 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 →