Job 7:2
Job 7:1-6 The Message (MSG)
“Human life is a struggle, isn’t it? It’s a life sentence to hard labor. Like field hands longing for quitting time and working stiffs with nothing to hope for but payday, I’m given a life that meanders and goes nowhere— months of aimlessness, nights of misery! I go to bed and think, ‘How long till I can get up?’ I toss and turn as the night drags on—and I’m fed up! I’m covered with maggots and scabs. My skin gets scaly and hard, then oozes with pus. My days come and go swifter than the click of knitting needles, and then the yarn runs out—an unfinished life!
Job 7:2 King James Version (KJV)
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, And as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work
Job 7:2 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
As a slave who pants for the shade, And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages
Job 7:2 New Century Version (NCV)
They are like a slave wishing for the evening shadows, like a laborer waiting to be paid.
Job 7:2 American Standard Version (ASV)
As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages
Job 7:2 New International Version (NIV)
Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired laborer waiting to be paid
Job 7:2 New King James Version (NKJV)
Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade, And like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages
Job 7:2 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“As a slave earnestly longs for the shade, And as a hired man eagerly awaits his wages