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Job 7:2

ExhaustionWork

1 “Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

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

3 So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.

4 When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.

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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:
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:
DARBY
As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,
BLB
As a servant longs for shade, and as a hireling awaits his wages,
ÅB
Lik en slave som higer etter skygge, og lik en dagarbeider som venter på sin lønn,
OTB
Akkurat som en trell lengter etter skyggen,
Og som en arbeider som ivrig venter på sin lønn,
B1930
Lik en træl som higer efter skygge, og lik en dagarbeider som venter på sin lønn,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 19:13

    You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

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  • Deuteronomy 24:15

    You 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.

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  • James 5:4

    Look, 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.

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  • 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 their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

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  • 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.

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  • Psalms 143:6

    I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah

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  • Psalms 119:131

    I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.

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