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Job 7

Job 7:2

Job Continues: Life Seems Futile · Job 7:1–21
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Translations

Modern
Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
Traditional
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
Literal
As a servant longs for shade, and as a hireling awaits his wages,
Latin
Sicut servus desiderat umbram, et sicut mercenarius præstolatur finem operis sui,

Original

Hebrew
English
Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.

Notes

Job 7:2

Employers had the obligation to pay workers at the end of each day (Leviticus 19:13; Deuteronomy 24:15). But this did not always happen (Jeremiah 22:13; Malachi 3:5; James 5:4).

Job 6:1–7:21

Job responds by criticizing his counselors and questioning God (chapters 6 and 7). He explains his intense words by indicating his deep "grief" or "anguish" (6:2–3; 7:11). Job states that Eliphaz has not provided comfort or sympathy as a friend. Instead, Eliphaz chose to argue about out of date religious or theological ideas.

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Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Death: Desired: Job Employee: Character of Unrighteous Life: (Sacredness of, an Inference from What is Taught in the Law Concerning Murder): Job Servant: Hired: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Servants: Hired: Anxiety of, for the End of Their Daily Toil, Alluded To