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Job 7:2
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work;
Job 7:2 · Webster 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 [Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of a hireling?
2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work;
3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro to the dawning of the day.
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and become lothsome.
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