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Job 7:2
As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
Job 7:2 · World English Bible
Job 7:2 in other translations
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
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In context
1 “Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?
2 As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
3 so I am made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4 When I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
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