Job 7:2
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- 3 This term עֶבֶד (’eved) is the servant or the slave. He is compelled to work through the day, in the heat; but he longs for evening, when he can rest from the slavery.
- 4 The expression יִשְׁאַף־צֵל (yish’af tsel, “longing for the evening shadow”) could also be taken as a relative clause (without the relative pronoun): “as a servant [who] longs for the evening shadow” (see §155.g). In either case, the expressions in v. 2 emphasize the point of the comparison, which will be summed up in v. 3.
- 5 The two verbs in this verse stress the eager expectation and waiting. The first, שָׁאַף (sha’af), means “to long for; to desire”; and the second, קָוָה (qavah), has the idea of “to hope for; to look for; to wait.” The words would give the sense that the servant or hired man had the longing on his mind all day.
- 6 The word פֹּעַל (po’al) means “work.” But here the word should be taken as a metonymy, meaning the pay for the work that he has done (compare Jer 22:13).
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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,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,
or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Like a slave he longs for shade;
like a hired worker he waits for his pay.
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NLTNew Living Translation
like a worker who longs for the shade,
like a servant waiting to be paid.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Like a slave he longs for the shadow,
and like a laborer he waits for his wages.
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KJV 1900King James Version
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow,
And as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
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