Job 7:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.”
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“Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:”
King James Version · Public Domain“As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 7:2 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 19:13You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
- Deuteronomy 24:15You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
- Psalms 119:131I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
- Psalms 143:6I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
- Jeremiah 6:4‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.
- Jonah 4:6So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.
- Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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