Job 7:2

Job 7:2 in 6 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,

2As a slave who pants for the shade,

And as a hired man 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.

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.