Job 7:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

² Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hired worker he waits for his pay.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, And as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² As a servant earnestly longs for the shade and the evening shadows, and as a hireling who looks for the reward of his work,

American Standard Version (1901)

² As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:

Common English Bible

² Like a slave we pant for a shadow, await our task like a hired worker.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Just as a servant desires the shade, and just as the hired hand looks forward to the end of his work,

Job 7:2 Cross References

Genesis 34:8

Hamor said to Jacob’s sons, ‘My son Shechem has his heart set on your  daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

Job 7:1

Isn’t each person consigned to forced labour  on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired worker?

Job 7:3

So I have been made to inherit months of futility, and troubled nights have been assigned to me.

Jeremiah 6:4

Set them apart for war  against her; rise up, let’s attack at noon. Woe to us, for the day is passing; the evening shadows grow long.

Leviticus 19:13

‘Do not oppress  your neighbour or rob  him. The wages due a hired worker  must not remain with you until morning.

Jonah 4:6

Then the Lord God appointed a plant, and it grew over Jonah to provide shade for his head to rescue him from his trouble.  Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.

Malachi 3:5

‘I will come to you in judgement, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident foreigner.  They do not fear me,’  says the Lord of Armies.

Deuteronomy 24:15

You are to pay him his wages each day before the sun sets, because he is poor and depends on them.  Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be held guilty.

James 5:4

Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers  who mowed your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Armies.