Job 7:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Like a slave who longs for the shade, a hireling who waits for wages,

Cross References

Genesis 34:8

Hamor appealed to them, saying: “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

Job 7:1

Is not life on earth a drudgery, its days like those of a hireling?

Job 7:3

So I have been assigned months of futility, and troubled nights have been counted off for me.

Psalm 119:131

I sigh with open mouth, yearning for your commandments.

Psalm 143:6

I stretch out my hands toward you, my soul to you like a parched land. Selah

Jeremiah 6:4

“Prepare for war against her, Up! let us rush upon her at midday!” “Woe to us! the day is waning, evening shadows lengthen!”

Leviticus 19:13

You shall not exploit your neighbor. You shall not commit robbery. You shall not withhold overnight the wages of your laborer.

Jonah 4:6

Then the Lord God provided a gourd plant. And when it grew up over Jonah’s head, giving shade that relieved him of any discomfort, Jonah was greatly delighted with the plant.

Malachi 3:5

I will draw near to you for judgment, and I will be swift to bear witness Against sorcerers, adulterers, and perjurers, those who deprive a laborer of wages, Oppress a widow or an orphan, or turn aside a resident alien, without fearing me, says the Lord of hosts.

Deuteronomy 24:15

On each day you shall pay the servant’s wages before the sun goes down, since the servant is poor and is counting on them. Otherwise the servant will cry to the Lord against you, and you will be held guilty. Individual Responsibility.

James 5:4

Behold, the wages you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.