Job 7:2

In 11 translations

BSB

Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.

KJV

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:earnestly…: Heb. gapeth after

WEB

As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,

ASV

As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:

LSV

As a servant desires the shadow, || And as a hired worker expects his wage,

YLT

As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,

DBY

As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,

DRC

As a servant longeth for the shade, as the hireling looketh for the end of his work;

GNV

As a seruant longeth for the shadowe, and as an hyreling looketh for the ende of his worke,

JPS

As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages;

LXXE

Or as a servant that fears his master, and one who has grasped a shadow? or as a hireling waiting for his pay?

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WLC

כְּעֶ֥בֶד יִשְׁאַף־צֵ֑ל וּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗יר יְקַוֶּ֥ה פָעֳלֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Ἢ ὥσπερ θεράπων δεδοικὼς τὸν Κύριον αὐτοῦ, καὶ τετευχὼς σκιᾶς; ἢ ὥσπερ μισθωτὸς ἀναμένων τὸν μισθὸν αὐτοῦ;

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• Leviticus 19:13You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
• Deuteronomy 24:15You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
• James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
• Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of…
• Jeremiah 6:4‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.
• Psalms 119:131I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
• Psalms 143:6I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah

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