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Job 7:2

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Like field hands longing for quitting time

and working stiffs with nothing to hope for but payday,

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Like a slave who longs for the shadow,

and like a hired hand who looks for his wages,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,

or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Like a slave he longs for shade;

like a hired worker he waits for his pay.

NLTNew Living Translation

like a worker who longs for the shade,

like a servant waiting to be paid.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Like a slave he longs for the shadow,

and like a laborer he waits for his wages.

KJV 1900King James Version

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow,

And as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: