Job 7:2

World English Bible (WEB)

As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,

In context

1 “Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?

2 As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,

3 so I am made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.

4 When I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.

WEB World English Bible: As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
KJV King James Version: As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
BSB Berean Standard Bible: Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
ASV American Standard Version: As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:
YLT Young's Literal Translation: As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,
DBY Darby Translation: As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,
WBS Webster Bible: As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for the reward of his work;