Verse 2
{ "verseID": "Job.7.2", "source": "כְּעֶ֥בֶד יִשְׁאַף־צֵ֑ל וּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗יר יְקַוֶּ֥ה פָעֳלֽוֹ", "text": "Like *'eḇeḏ* *yish'af*-*tsêl* and like *śāḵîr* *yĕqawweh* his *pā'ŏlô*", "grammar": { "*kĕ*": "preposition - like/as", "*'eḇeḏ*": "noun, masculine singular - servant/slave", "*yish'af*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - pants after/eagerly desires", "*tsêl*": "noun, masculine singular - shadow/shade", "*û*": "conjunction - and", "*ḵĕ*": "preposition - like/as", "*śāḵîr*": "noun, masculine singular - hired worker/laborer", "*yĕqawweh*": "verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - waits for/expects/hopes for", "*pā'ŏlô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his wages/payment" }, "variants": { "*'eḇeḏ*": "servant/slave/bondservant", "*yish'af*": "pants after/eagerly desires/longs for/gasps for", "*tsêl*": "shadow/shade/protection", "*yĕqawweh*": "waits for/longs for/hopes for/expects", "*pā'ŏlô*": "his wages/his payment/his work/his labor" } }
Other Translations
GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk
Som en slave lengter etter skygge, og som en dagarbeider ser frem til sin betaling,
Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst
Som en tjener ivrig lengter etter skyggen, og som en leiekar venter på betalingen for sitt arbeid,
Norsk King James
Som en tjener lengter etter skyggen, og som en leiekar venter på sin belønning:
Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866
Som en slave lengter etter skyggen, og som en arbeider venter lønn for sitt arbeid,
Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål
Som en slave stønner etter skyggen, og som en dagarbeider venter på lønnen sin,
Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611
Som en tjener lengter etter skyggen, og som en leiekar venter på sin lønn:
o3-mini KJV Norsk
Som en tjener som ivrig søker ly, og som en leiearbeider ser frem til lønnen for sitt arbeid:
En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)
Som en tjener lengter etter skyggen, og som en leiekar venter på sin lønn:
Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst
Som en slave lengter etter skygge, og som en leiekar venter på sin lønn,
Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
Like a servant longing for shade, and like a hired worker waiting for his wages,
GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024
Som en tjener lengter etter skygge, og som en leiekar håper på sin lønn,
Original Norsk Bibel 1866
Som en Træl higer efter Skyggen, og som en Daglønner forventer (Løn for) sin Gjerning,
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
KJV 1769 norsk
Som en tjener ivrig ønsker skyggens svalhet, og som en leiekar ser mot lønnen for sitt arbeid;
KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk
As a servant earnestly desires the shadow, and as a hireling looks for the reward of his work:
King James Version 1611 (Original)
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
Norsk oversettelse av Webster
Som en tjener som ivrig lengter etter skyggen, som en leiekar som ser etter sin lønn,
Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation
Som en tjeners lengsel etter skyggen, og som en dagarbeider venter på lønn,
Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901
Som en tjener som ivrig lengter etter skyggen, og som en leiekarl som venter på sin lønn,
Norsk oversettelse av BBE
Som en tjener som lengter etter kveldens skygger, og en arbeider som ser frem til sin lønn:
Coverdale Bible (1535)
For like as a bonde seruaunt desyreth the shadowe, and as an hyrelinge wolde fayne haue an ende of his worke:
Geneva Bible (1560)
As a seruant longeth for the shadowe, and as an hyreling looketh for the ende of his worke,
Bishops' Bible (1568)
For like as a bonde seruaunt desireth the shadowe, and as an hyreling woulde fayne haue the rewarde of his worke:
Authorized King James Version (1611)
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work:
Webster's Bible (1833)
As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, As a hireling who looks for his wages,
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,
American Standard Version (1901)
As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:
Bible in Basic English (1941)
As a servant desiring the shades of evening, and a workman looking for his payment:
World English Bible (2000)
As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages,
Referenced Verses
- Lev 19:13 : 13 { "verseID": "Leviticus.19.13", "source": "לֹֽא־תַעֲשֹׁ֥ק אֶת־רֵֽעֲךָ֖ וְלֹ֣א תִגְזֹ֑ל לֹֽא־תָלִ֞ין פְּעֻלַּ֥ת שָׂכִ֛יר אִתְּךָ֖ עַד־בֹּֽקֶר", "text": "*lōʾ*-*ṯaʿăšōq* *ʾeṯ*-*rēʿăḵā* *wə-lōʾ* *ṯigzōl* *lōʾ*-*ṯālîn* *pəʿullaṯ* *śāḵîr* *ʾittəḵā* *ʿaḏ*-*bōqer*", "grammar": { "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*ṯaʿăšōq*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall oppress", "*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker", "*rēʿăḵā*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your neighbor", "*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*ṯigzōl*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall rob", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*ṯālîn*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it shall remain overnight", "*pəʿullaṯ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - wages of", "*śāḵîr*": "noun, masculine singular - hired worker", "*ʾittəḵā*": "preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - with you", "*ʿaḏ*": "preposition - until", "*bōqer*": "noun, masculine singular - morning" }, "variants": { "*ṯaʿăšōq*": "oppress/exploit/defraud", "*ṯigzōl*": "rob/steal/plunder/seize", "*ṯālîn*": "remain overnight/stay the night/be kept overnight", "*pəʿullaṯ*": "wages/payment/compensation" } }
- Deut 24:15 : 15 { "verseID": "Deuteronomy.24.15", "source": "בְּיוֹמוֹ֩ תִתֵּ֨ן שְׂכָר֜וֹ וְֽלֹא־תָב֧וֹא עָלָ֣יו הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ כִּ֤י עָנִי֙ ה֔וּא וְאֵלָ֕יו ה֥וּא נֹשֵׂ֖א אֶת־נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יִקְרָ֤א עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וְהָיָ֥ה בְךָ֖ חֵֽטְא׃", "text": "In his day *tittēn* his *śəkārô* and not *tābôʾ* upon him *haššemeš*, for *ʿānî* *hûʾ* and to it *hûʾ* *nōśēʾ* *ʾet*-his *napšô*; and not *yiqrāʾ* against you to *YHWH* and *hāyâ* in you *ḥēṭə*.", "grammar": { "*tittēn*": "qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall give", "*śəkārô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his wages", "*tābôʾ*": "qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - it sets", "*haššemeš*": "definite feminine singular noun - the sun", "*ʿānî*": "adjective masculine singular - poor/afflicted", "*hûʾ*": "3rd masculine singular pronoun - he", "*nōśēʾ*": "qal participle masculine singular - lifting/setting", "*napšô*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his soul/life", "*yiqrāʾ*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he calls/cries out", "*hāyâ*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - there will be", "*ḥēṭə*": "masculine singular noun - sin" }, "variants": { "*nōśēʾ* *ʾet*-his *napšô*": "sets his heart upon it/lifts his soul to it/depends on it for his life", "*yiqrāʾ* against you to *YHWH*": "cry out against you to YHWH/call to YHWH about you" } }
- Jer 6:4 : 4 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.6.4", "source": "קַדְּשׁ֤וּ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ מִלְחָמָ֔ה ק֖וּמוּ וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה בַֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם א֥וֹי לָ֙נוּ֙ כִּי־פָנָ֣ה הַיּ֔וֹם כִּ֥י יִנָּט֖וּ צִלְלֵי־עָֽרֶב׃", "text": "*qaddəšû* against-her *milḥāmāh* *qûmû* and-let-us-*naʿăleh* in-the-*ṣāhŏrāyim* *ʾôy* to-us for-*pānāh* the-*yôm* for *yinnāṭû* shadows-of-*ʿāreb*.", "grammar": { "*qaddəšû*": "piel imperative, masculine plural - sanctify/prepare/consecrate", "*milḥāmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - war/battle", "*qûmû*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - arise/stand up", "*naʿăleh*": "qal imperfect, 1st person plural cohortative - let us go up/attack", "*ṣāhŏrāyim*": "noun, masculine dual - noon/midday", "*ʾôy*": "interjection - woe/alas", "*pānāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it has turned/declined", "*yôm*": "noun, masculine singular - day", "*yinnāṭû*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they stretch out/extend", "*ʿāreb*": "noun, masculine singular - evening" }, "variants": { "*qaddəšû*": "consecrate/prepare/sanctify", "*pānāh*": "turned/declined/gone down/disappeared", "*yinnāṭû*": "stretch out/extend/lengthen/cast" } }
- Mal 3:5 : 5 { "verseID": "Malachi.3.5", "source": "וְקָרַבְתִּ֣י אֲלֵיכֶם֮ לַמִּשְׁפָּט֒ וְהָיִ֣יתִי ׀ עֵ֣ד מְמַהֵ֗ר בַּֽמְכַשְּׁפִים֙ וּבַמְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים וּבַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים לַשָּׁ֑קֶר וּבְעֹשְׁקֵ֣י שְׂכַר־שָׂ֠כִיר אַלְמָנָ֨ה וְיָת֤וֹם וּמַטֵּי־גֵר֙ וְלֹ֣א יְרֵא֔וּנִי אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃", "text": "*We-qaravti* *ʾalekhem* *la-mishpat* *we-hayiti* *ʿed* *memalier* *ba-mekhashephim* *u-va-menaʾafim* *u-va-nishbaʿim* *la-shaqer* *u-ve-ʿosheqe* *sekhar-sakhir* *ʾalmanah* *we-yatom* *u-matte-ger* *we-loʾ* *yereʾuni* *ʾamar* *YHWH* *tsevaʾot*.", "grammar": { "*We-qaravti*": "waw consecutive + Qal perfect, 1st person singular - and I will draw near", "*ʾalekhem*": "preposition with 2nd masculine plural suffix - to you", "*la-mishpat*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - for judgment", "*we-hayiti*": "waw consecutive + Qal perfect, 1st person singular - and I will be", "*ʿed*": "noun, masculine singular - witness", "*memalier*": "Piel participle, masculine singular - swift/quick/hastening", "*ba-mekhashephim*": "preposition + definite article + Piel participle, masculine plural - against the sorcerers", "*u-va-menaʾafim*": "waw conjunction + preposition + definite article + Piel participle, masculine plural - and against the adulterers", "*u-va-nishbaʿim*": "waw conjunction + preposition + definite article + Niphal participle, masculine plural - and against those who swear", "*la-shaqer*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - falsely/to the falsehood", "*u-ve-ʿosheqe*": "waw conjunction + preposition + Qal participle, masculine plural construct - and against those who oppress", "*sekhar-sakhir*": "noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine singular - wages of hired worker", "*ʾalmanah*": "noun, feminine singular - widow", "*we-yatom*": "waw conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and orphan", "*u-matte-ger*": "waw conjunction + Hiphil participle, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - and those who turn aside/thrust away the foreigner", "*we-loʾ*": "waw conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*yereʾuni*": "Qal perfect, 3rd common plural with 1st person singular suffix - they fear me", "*ʾamar*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - says/said", "*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/LORD", "*tsevaʾot*": "noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies" }, "variants": { "*qaravti*": "draw near/approach/come close", "*mishpat*": "judgment/justice/legal case", "*ʿed*": "witness/testimony", "*memalier*": "quick/swift/hastening/speedy", "*mekhashephim*": "sorcerers/practitioners of magic/witches", "*menaʾafim*": "adulterers/those committing adultery", "*nishbaʿim*": "those who swear/those taking oaths", "*shaqer*": "falsehood/deception/lie", "*ʿosheqe*": "oppressors/exploiters/defrauders", "*sekhar-sakhir*": "wages of hired laborer/payment of worker", "*matte-ger*": "those who turn aside the foreigner/those who pervert the rights of the alien", "*yereʾuni*": "fear me/reverence me/stand in awe of me" } }
- Jas 5:4 : 4 { "verseID": "James.5.4", "source": "Ἰδοὺ, ὁ μισθὸς τῶν ἐργατῶν τῶν ἀμησάντων τὰς χώρας ὑμῶν, ὁ ἀπεστερημένος ἀφʼ ὑμῶν, κράζει: καὶ αἱ βοαὶ τῶν θερισάντων εἰς τὰ ὦτα Κυρίου Σαβαὼθ εἰσεληλύθασιν.", "text": "*Idou*, the *misthos* of the *ergatōn tōn amēsantōn* the *chōras* of you, the *apesterēmenos aph'* you, *krazei*: and the *boai tōn therisantōn eis* the *ōta Kyriou Sabaōth eiselēlythasin*.", "grammar": { "*Idou*": "aorist middle imperative - behold/look", "*misthos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - wages/payment", "*ergatōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - workers/laborers", "*amēsantōn*": "aorist active participle, genitive, masculine, plural - having harvested/reaped", "*chōras*": "accusative, feminine, plural - fields/lands", "*apesterēmenos*": "perfect passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having been withheld/defrauded", "*aph'*": "preposition + genitive - from/by", "*krazei*": "present active, 3rd singular - cries out/shouts", "*boai*": "nominative, feminine, plural - cries/shouts", "*therisantōn*": "aorist active participle, genitive, masculine, plural - having harvested/reaped", "*eis*": "preposition + accusative - into/to", "*ōta*": "accusative, neuter, plural - ears", "*Kyriou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - Lord", "*Sabaōth*": "genitive - of hosts/armies (untranslated Hebrew term)", "*eiselēlythasin*": "perfect active, 3rd plural - have entered/come into" }, "variants": { "*Idou*": "behold/look/see", "*misthos*": "wages/payment/reward", "*ergatōn*": "workers/laborers", "*amēsantōn*": "having harvested/reaped/mowed", "*chōras*": "fields/lands/regions", "*apesterēmenos*": "having been withheld/defrauded/kept back by fraud", "*krazei*": "cries out/shouts/calls loudly", "*boai*": "cries/shouts/outcries", "*therisantōn*": "having harvested/reaped (can refer specifically to grain harvest)", "*Sabaōth*": "of hosts/armies (Hebrew military term)" } }
- Ps 119:131 : 131 { "verseID": "Psalms.119.131", "source": "פִּֽי־פָ֭עַרְתִּי וָאֶשְׁאָ֑פָה כִּ֖י לְמִצְוֺתֶ֣יךָ יָאָֽבְתִּי׃", "text": "*pî*-*pāʿartî* and-*wāʾešʾāpâ* for to-*miṣwōtêkā* *yāʾābtî*", "grammar": { "*pî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my mouth", "*pāʿartî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I opened wide", "*wāʾešʾāpâ*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular with waw consecutive - and I panted", "*miṣwōtêkā*": "feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your commandments", "*yāʾābtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I longed", "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*lə-*": "preposition - to/for" }, "variants": { "*pî*": "my mouth", "*pāʿartî*": "I opened wide/gaped/stretched open", "*wāʾešʾāpâ*": "and I panted/gasped/breathed heavily", "*miṣwōtêkā*": "your commandments/precepts", "*yāʾābtî*": "I longed/yearned/desired" } }
- Ps 143:6 : 6 { "verseID": "Psalms.143.6", "source": "פֵּרַ֣שְׂתִּי יָדַ֣י אֵלֶ֑יךָ נַפְשִׁ֓י ׀ כְּאֶֽרֶץ־עֲיֵפָ֖ה לְךָ֣ סֶֽלָה׃", "text": "*Pēraśtî* *yāḏay* to *'ēleḵā*; *nap̄šî* like *'ereṣ*-*'ăyēp̄āh* to *leḵā* *selāh*.", "grammar": { "*Pēraśtî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I spread out", "*yāḏay*": "noun, feminine, dual + 1st person singular suffix - my hands", "*'ēleḵā*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you", "*nap̄šî*": "noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul", "*ke'ereṣ-'ăyēp̄āh*": "preposition kaf + noun, feminine, singular + adjective, feminine, singular - like land weary", "*leḵā*": "preposition lamed + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you", "*selāh*": "interjection - selah/pause" }, "variants": { "*Pēraśtî*": "I spread out/I stretch out/I extend", "*yāḏay*": "my hands/my arms", "*nap̄šî*": "my soul/my life/myself", "*'ereṣ-'ăyēp̄āh*": "weary land/parched land/thirsty ground", "*selāh*": "musical notation/pause/lift up" } }