Job 7:2
New International Version
Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,

New Living Translation
like a worker who longs for the shade, like a servant waiting to be paid.

English Standard Version
Like a slave who longs for the shadow, and like a hired hand who looks for his wages,

Berean Standard Bible
Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.

King James Bible
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

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

New American Standard Bible
“As a slave pants for the shade, And as a hired worker who eagerly waits for his wages,

NASB 1995
“As a slave who pants for the shade, And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages,

NASB 1977
“As a slave who pants for the shade, And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages,

Legacy Standard Bible
As a slave who pants for the shade, And as a hired man who eagerly hopes for his wages,

Amplified Bible
“As a slave earnestly longs for the shade, And as a hired man eagerly awaits his wages,

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hired man he waits for his pay.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And like a Servant who waits for the shade, and like a hired man who waits to finish his work

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Or as a servant that fears his master, and one who has grasped a shadow? or as a hireling waiting for his pay?

Contemporary English Version
We are slaves in search of shade; we are laborers longing for our wages.

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

English Revised Version
As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling that looketh for his wages:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Like a slave, he longs for shade. Like a hired hand, he eagerly looks for his pay.

Good News Translation
like a slave longing for cool shade; like a worker waiting to be paid.

International Standard Version
I'm like a servant who longs for the shade, like a hired laborer who is looking for his wages.

JPS Tanakh 1917
As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages;

Literal Standard Version
As a servant desires the shadow, | And as a hired worker expects his wage,

Majority Standard Bible
Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.

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

NET Bible
Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages,

New Revised Standard Version
Like a slave who longs for the shadow, and like laborers who look for their wages,

New Heart English Bible
As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,

Webster's Bible Translation
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for the reward of his work;

World English Bible
As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,

Young's Literal Translation
As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Job Continues: Life Seems Futile
1“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand? 2Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages. 3So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.…

Cross References
Genesis 34:8
But Hamor said to them, "My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

Job 7:1
"Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

Job 7:3
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.


Treasury of Scripture

As a servant earnestly desires the shadow, and as an hireling looks for the reward of his work:

ernestly desireth.

Psalm 119:131
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

Psalm 143:6
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

the shadow.

Jeremiah 6:4
Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

as an hireling.

Leviticus 19:13
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Deuteronomy 24:15
At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.

Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

Jump to Previous
Bondman Desires Desireth Desiring Eagerly Earnestly Evening Expecteth Hired Hireling Longing Looks Pants Payment Reward Servant Shade Shades Shadow Shadows Slave Wage Wages Waits Work Workman
Jump to Next
Bondman Desires Desireth Desiring Eagerly Earnestly Evening Expecteth Hired Hireling Longing Looks Pants Payment Reward Servant Shade Shades Shadow Shadows Slave Wage Wages Waits Work Workman
Job 7
1. Job excuses his desire of death.
12. He complains of his own restlessness, and reasons with God.














Verse 2. - As a servant (or, a slave) panteth for the shadow; i.e. longs for the shades of evening to descend and bring the day to a close. The slavery of Job's time was probably not unlike that of captive races in Egypt, so graphically portrayed in the early chapters of Exodus. The captive, working from morning to night at exhausting labour, would long intensely for the night to arrive, when his toil would come to an end. The inference is not drawn, but clearly is - so Job may be excused if he longs for death, now that he has reached old age, and that the work of his life is manifestly ended. And as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work; rather, for his wages. The word used (פעל) has the two meanings of "work" and "the wages of work" (see Jeremiah 22:13).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Like a slave
כְּעֶ֥בֶד (kə·‘e·ḇeḏ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

he longs for
יִשְׁאַף־ (yiš·’ap̄-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7602: To inhale eagerly, to cover, to be angry, to hasten

shade;
צֵ֑ל (ṣêl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6738: A shadow

like a hired man
וּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗יר (ū·ḵə·śā·ḵîr)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7916: A man at wages

he waits for
יְקַוֶּ֥ה (yə·qaw·weh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6960: To bind together, collect, to expect

his wages.
פָעֳלֽוֹ׃ (p̄ā·‘o·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6467: Doing, deed, work


Links
Job 7:2 NIV
Job 7:2 NLT
Job 7:2 ESV
Job 7:2 NASB
Job 7:2 KJV

Job 7:2 BibleApps.com
Job 7:2 Biblia Paralela
Job 7:2 Chinese Bible
Job 7:2 French Bible
Job 7:2 Catholic Bible

OT Poetry: Job 7:2 As a servant who earnestly desires (Jb)
Job 7:1
Top of Page
Top of Page