Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
As the servant will gape for the shadow, and as the hireling will wait for his work:
New American Standard Bible
And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages,
King James Version
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
Holman Bible
like a hired man he waits for his pay.
International Standard Version
I'm like a servant who longs for the shade, like a hired laborer who is looking for his wages.
A Conservative Version
As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, and as a hireling who looks for his wages,
American Standard Version
As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:
Amplified
“As a slave earnestly longs for the shade,
And as a hired man eagerly awaits his wages,
Bible in Basic English
As a servant desiring the shades of evening, and a workman looking for his payment:
Darby Translation
As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,
King James 2000
As a servant earnestly desires the shadow, and as a hireling looks for the reward of his work:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Like a slave he longs for [the] shadow, and like a laborer he waits for his wages.
Modern King James verseion
As a servant earnestly desires the shadow, and as a hireling looks for his wages,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For like as a bond servant desireth the shadow, and as a hireling would fain have an end of his work:
NET Bible
Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages,
New Heart English Bible
As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
The Emphasized Bible
As, a bondman, panteth for the shadow, and as, a hireling, longeth for his wage,
Webster
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for the reward of his work;
World English Bible
As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
Youngs Literal Translation
As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,
Themes
Employee » Character of unrighteous
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Weary of » Job
Servant » Hired » Unclassified scriptures relating to
Servants » Hired » Anxiety of, for the end of their daily toil, alluded to
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 7:2
Prayers for Job 7:2
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Context Readings
Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz
1 Is there not warfare to man upon the earth, and his days as the days of a hireling? 2 As the servant will gape for the shadow, and as the hireling will wait for his work: 3 So was I caused to possess to me months of vanity, and nights of toil were allotted to me.
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Cross References
Leviticus 19:13
Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, and thou shalt not rob: the wages of the hireling shall not remain with thee till morning.
Jeremiah 6:4
Consecrate ye war against her; arise, and we will go up at noon. Wo to us! for the day turned away, for the shadows of the evening will stretch forth.
Deuteronomy 24:15
In his day thou shalt give his hire, and the sun shall not go down upon it, for he is poor, and he lifted up his soul to it; and he will cry against thee to Jehovah, and it was sin in thee.
Psalm 119:131
I opened wide my mouth, and I shall pant: for I longed for thy commands.
Psalm 143:6
I spread out my hands to thee: my soul as a weary land for thee. Silence.
Malachi 3:5
And I came near to you for judgment: and I was a swift witness against those practicing magic, and against those committing adultery, and against those swearing to falsehood, and against those oppressing the hire of the hireling, the widow and the orphan, and those turning aside the stranger, and they feared not me, said Jehovah of armies.
James 5:4
Behold, the hire of laborers having reaped your farms, withheld by you, cries out, and the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.