Job 7:2
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
KJV
Sicut servus desiderat umbram, et sicut mercenarius præstolatur finem operis sui,
Vulgate
ἢ ὥσπερ θεράπων δεδοικὼς τὸν κύριον αὐτοῦ καὶ τετευχὼς σκιᾶς, ἢ ὥσπερ μισθωτὸς ἀναμένων τὸν μισθὸν αὐτοῦ;
LXX
As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:
ASV
כְּ/עֶ֥בֶד יִשְׁאַף צֵ֑ל וּ֝/כְ/שָׂכִ֗יר יְקַוֶּ֥ה פָעֳלֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
וֹ
v
noun · 38×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
צֵ֥ל
tsl
noun · 49×
קַוֵּ֥ה
qvh
verb · 48×
שֹּׁאֲפִ֤ים
sh'pym
verb · 14×
שָׂכִ֖יר
shkyr
noun · 17×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 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.
- Jas 5:4 — Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth
- Lev 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.
- Mal 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