Job 7:2

Job 7:2 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

2Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,

or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,

2“As a slave pants for the shade,

And as a hired worker who eagerly waits for his wages,

2“As a slave earnestly longs for the shade,

And as a hired man eagerly awaits his wages,

2Like a slave he longs for shade;

like a hireling he waits for his wages.

2As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow,

And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:

2As a seruant longeth for the shadowe, and as an hyreling looketh for the ende of his worke,

2As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow,

as a hireling who looks for his wages,

2I’ve been like a slave

who longs for the evening shadows to come.

I’ve been like a hired worker

who is waiting to be paid.

2A servant waits for the end of the day

so that he can rest.

A worker waits for his master to pay him.

2As a servant desires the shadow, || And as a hired worker expects his wage,