Job 7:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּעֶ֥בֶד יִשְׁאַף־צֵ֑ל וּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗יר יְקַוֶּ֥ה פָעֳלֽוֹ

Transliteration

Like 'eḇeḏ yish'af-tsêl and like śāḵîr yĕqawweh his pā'ŏlô

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*'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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Lev 19:13 : 13 Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Deut 24:15 : 15 in 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 Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.
Jer 6:4 : 4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
Mal 3:5 : 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 the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner [from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Ps 119:131 : 131 I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.
Ps 143:6 : 6 I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a weary land. {H5542}

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