Job 7:2

כְּעֶבֶד יִשְׁאַף ־ צֵל וּכְשָׂכִיר יְקַוֶּה פָעֳלֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

1הֲלֹא ־ צָבָא לֶאֱנוֹשׁ על ־ אָרֶץ וְכִימֵי שָׂכִיר יָמָֽיו ׃

3כֵּן הָנְחַלְתִּי לִי יַרְחֵי ־ שָׁוְא וְלֵילוֹת עָמָל מִנּוּ ־ לִֽי ׃

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:13לֹֽא ־ תַעֲשֹׁק אֶת ־ רֵֽעֲךָ וְלֹא תִגְזֹל לֹֽא ־ תָלִין פְּעֻלַּת שָׂכִיר אִתְּךָ עַד ־ בֹּֽקֶר ׃

Psalms 119:131פִּֽי ־ פָעַרְתִּי וָאֶשְׁאָפָה כִּי לְמִצְוֺתֶיךָ יָאָֽבְתִּי ׃

Jeremiah 6:4קַדְּשׁוּ עָלֶיהָ מִלְחָמָה קוּמוּ וְנַעֲלֶה בַֽצָּהֳרָיִם אוֹי לָנוּ כִּי ־ פָנָה הַיּוֹם כִּי יִנָּטוּ צִלְלֵי ־ עָֽרֶב ׃

Malachi 3:5וְקָרַבְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶם לַמִּשְׁפָּט וְהָיִיתִי ׀ עֵד מְמַהֵר בַּֽמְכַשְּׁפִים וּבַמְנָאֲפִים וּבַנִּשְׁבָּעִים לַשָּׁקֶר וּבְעֹשְׁקֵי שְׂכַר ־ שָׂכִיר אַלְמָנָה וְיָתוֹם וּמַטֵּי ־ גֵר וְלֹא יְרֵאוּנִי אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֽוֹת ׃

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 →

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