Job 7:2

New King James Version

Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade, And like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages,

Cross References

Leviticus 19:13

‘You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning.

Deuteronomy 24:15

Each day you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and has set his heart on it; lest he cry out against you to the Lord, and it be sin to you.

James 5:4

Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness Against sorcerers, Against adulterers, Against perjurers, Against those who exploit wage earners and widows and orphans, And against those who turn away an alien— Because they do not fear Me,” Says the Lord of hosts.

Jeremiah 6:4

“Prepare war against her; Arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us, for the day goes away, For the shadows of the evening are lengthening.

Psalm 143:6

I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah

Psalm 119:131

I opened my mouth and panted, For I longed for Your commandments.

Genesis 34:8

But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

Job 7:1

“Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?

Job 7:3

So I have been allotted months of futility, And wearisome nights have been appointed to me.

Jonah 4:6

And the Lord God prepared a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very grateful for the plant.