Job 7:2

As, a bondman, panteth for the shadow, and as, a hireling, longeth for his wage,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 warfare to a mortal, upon earth? And, as the days of a hireling, are not his days?

3So, have I been made to inherit months of calamity, and, nights of weariness, have been appointed me.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:13Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour nor rob [him],—The wages of him that is hired shall not tarry with thee, until the morning.

Psalms 119:131My mouth, have I opened wide, and panted, because, for thy commandments, have I longed.

Jeremiah 6:4Hallow ye against her a war, Arise! and let us go up in broad noon. Woe to us, for the day, hath turned, for the shadows of evening, stretch along.

Malachi 3:5Therefore will I draw near unto you for judgment, and will become a swift witness against the mutterers of incantations, and against the adulterers, and against them that swear to a falsehood,—and against them who rob the hire of the hireling, the widow and the fatherless, and that drive away the sojourner, and do not revere me, saith 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 →

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