King James Version (KJV)
Job 7:2
“As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work:”
Verse in context — Job 7
1
[Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of an hireling?
2
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work:
3
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
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