Job 7:2
As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,
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Referenced Verses
- Lev 19:13 : 13 `Thou dost not oppress thy neighbour, nor take plunder; the wages of the hireling doth not remain with thee till morning.
- Deut 24:15 : 15 in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he `is' poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee -- sin.
- Jer 6:4 : 4 Sanctify ye against her the battle, Rise, and we go up at noon. Wo to us, for turned hath the day, For stretched out are the shades of evening,
- Mal 3:5 : 5 And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, And against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of an hireling, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who fear Me not, said Jehovah of Hosts.
- Jas 5:4 : 4 lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you -- doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;
- Ps 119:131 : 131 My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.
- Ps 143:6 : 6 I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul `is' as a weary land for Thee. Selah.
Similar Verses (AI)
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1Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?
- Job 7:3-42 verses75%
3So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.
4If I lay down then I said, `When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.
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6Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day.
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15in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he `is' poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee -- sin.
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7All the labour of man `is' for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.
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40I have been `thus': in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes.
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7And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.
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2Lo, as eyes of men-servants `Are' unto the hand of their masters, As eyes of a maid-servant `Are' unto the hand of her mistress, So `are' our eyes unto Jehovah our God, Till that He doth favour us.
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9What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?
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6My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.
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4Man to vanity hath been like, His days `are' as a shadow passing by.
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20Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul?
21Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.
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2And each hath been as a hiding-place `from' wind, And as a secret hiding-place `from' inundation, As rivulets of waters in a dry place, As a shadow of a heavy rock in a weary land.
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20And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.
21For there is a man whose labour `is' in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it -- his portion! Even this `is' vanity and a great evil.
22For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun?
23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also `is' vanity.
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7And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope -- it `is' of Thee.
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1My wo `is' to me, for I have been As gatherings of summer-fruit, As gleanings of harvest, There is no cluster to eat, The first-ripe fruit desired hath my soul.
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7Sweet also `is' the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.
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8There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and `he saith not', `For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.
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12Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life `is' the coming desire.
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13O that in Sheol Thou wouldst conceal me, Hide me till the turning of Thine anger, Set for me a limit, and remember me.
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23He is wandering for bread -- `Where `is' it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.
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40as an hireling, as a settler, he is with thee, till the year of the jubilee he doth serve with thee, --
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3What advantage `is' to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?
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9Better `is' the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.
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11My days as a shadow `are' stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered.
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26A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused `him' to bend over it.
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2As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
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16And this also `is' a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage `is' to him who laboureth for wind?
17Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.
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18The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.
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6My soul `is' for the Lord, More than those watching for morning, Watching for morning!
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7they say to him, Because no one did hire us; he saith to them, Go ye -- ye also -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous ye shall receive.
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2Who doth make me as `in' months past, As `in' the days of God's preserving me?
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16And I hastened not from feeding after Thee, And the desperate day I have not desired, Thou -- Thou hast known, The produce of my lips, before Thy face it hath been,
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17And I have hated life, for sad to me `is' the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.
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15for sojourners we `are' before Thee, and settlers, like all our fathers; as a shadow `are' our days on the land, and there is none abiding.
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13If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,
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20Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
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5As the days of man `are' Thy days? Thy years as the days of a man?
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10And all that mine eyes asked I kept not back from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour, and this hath been my portion, from all my labour,
11and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!
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2And what `is' the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?
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23Man goeth forth to his work, And to his service -- till evening.
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12For who knoweth what `is' good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?
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20Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,