Job 7:2 - Tree of Life Version

Like a slave longing for the shadow, or a hired man waiting for his pay,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, And as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

As a servant earnestly longs for the shade and the evening shadows, and as a hireling who looks for the reward of his work,

American Standard Version (1901)

As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:

Common English Bible

Like a slave we pant for a shadow, await our task like a hired worker.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Just as a servant desires the shade, and just as the hired hand looks forward to the end of his work,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

As a servant longeth for the shade, as the hireling looketh for the end of his work;

Job 7:2 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 34:8

But Hamor spoke with them saying, “My son Shechem—he’s very attached to your daughter. Please give her to him for a wife.

Job 7:1

“Does not man have hard labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired laborer?

Job 7:3

so I have inherited months of futility, and nights of distress have been appointed to me.

Psalm 119:131

I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for Your mitzvot.

Psalm 143:6

I spread forth my hands to You. My soul longs for You as a parched land. Selah

Jeremiah 6:4

“Prepare for war against her. Rise up! Let’s attack at noon.” “Oy for us! For day is fading— evening shadows are lengthening.”

Leviticus 19:13

“You are not to oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired servant are not to remain with you all night until the morning.

Jonah 4:6

Then Adonai God prepared a plant and it grew up over Jonah, to give shade over his head to spare him from his discomfort. So Jonah was very happy about the plant.

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, perjurers those who extort a worker’s wage, or oppress the widow or an orphan, those who mislead a stranger. They do not fear Me,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.

Deuteronomy 24:15

On that day you are to give him his wages—the sun is not to set on it—for he is poor and sets his heart on it. Otherwise he will cry out against you to Adonai, and you will have sin on you.

James 5:4

Behold, the wages of the workers who mowed your fields—which you kept back by fraud—are crying out against you. And the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.