Job 7:2

New Century Version

They are like a slave wishing for the evening shadows, like a laborer waiting to be paid.

Cross References

Genesis 34:8

But Hamor talked to Dinah’s brothers and said, “My son Shechem is deeply in love with Dinah. Please let him marry her.

Job 7:1

“People have a hard task on earth, and their days are like those of a laborer.

Job 7:3

But I am given months that are empty, and nights of misery have been given to me.

Psalm 119:131

I am nearly out of breath. I really want to learn your commands.

Psalm 143:6

I lift my hands to you in prayer. As a dry land needs rain, I thirst for you.Selah

Jeremiah 6:4

They say, “Get ready to fight against Jerusalem! Get up! We will attack at noon! But it is already getting late; the evening shadows are growing long.

Leviticus 19:13

“ ‘You must not cheat your neighbor or rob him. You must not keep a hired worker’s salary all night until morning.

Jonah 4:6

The Lord made a plant grow quickly up over Jonah, which gave him shade and helped him to be more comfortable. Jonah was very pleased to have the plant.

Malachi 3:5

The Lord All-Powerful says, “Then I will come to you and judge you. I will be quick to testify against those who take part in evil magic, adultery, and lying under oath, those who cheat workers of their pay and who cheat widows and orphans, those who are unfair to foreigners, and those who do not respect me.

Deuteronomy 24:15

Pay them each day before sunset, because they are poor and need the money. Otherwise, they may complain to the Lord about you, and you will be guilty of sin.

James 5:4

The pay you did not give the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the workers have been heard by the Lord All-Powerful.