Job 7:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

We are slaves in search of shade; we are labourers longing for our wages.

Cross References

Genesis 34:8

Hamor said to Jacob and his sons: My son Shechem really loves Dinah. Please let him marry her.

Job 7:1

Why is life so hard? Why do we suffer?

Job 7:3

God has made my days drag on and my nights miserable.

Psalm 119:131

I honestly want to know everything you teach.

Psalm 143:6

Then I lift my hands in prayer, because my soul is a desert, thirsty for water from you.

Jeremiah 6:4

Kings will tell their troops, “If we reach Jerusalem in the morning, we'll attack at midday. But if we arrive later,

Leviticus 19:13

Do not steal anything or cheat anyone, and don't fail to pay your workers at the end of each day.

Jonah 4:6

The LORD made a vine grow up to shade Jonah's head and protect him from the sun. Jonah was very happy to have the vine,

Malachi 3:5

The LORD All-Powerful said: I'm now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practise witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or ill-treat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.

Deuteronomy 24:15

Pay them their wages at the end of each day, because they live in poverty and need the money to survive. If you don't pay them on time, they will complain about you to the LORD, and he will punish you.

James 5:4

You refused to pay the people who worked in your fields, and now their unpaid wages are shouting out against you. The Lord All-Powerful has heard the cries of the workers who harvested your crops.