Job 7:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

Cross References

Leviticus 19:13

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.