2Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired man waiting eagerly for his wages,
2Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired man waiting eagerly for his wages,
1 "Does not man have hard service on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired man?
2 Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired man waiting eagerly for his wages,
3 so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me.
4 When I lie down I think, 'How long before I get up?' The night drags on, and I toss till dawn.
7:2As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work:
7:2As a servant longeth for the shade, as the hireling looketh for the end of his work;
7:2As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:
7:2As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,
7:2As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling that looketh for his wages:
7:2As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for the reward of his work;
7:2As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
7:2As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,
7:2As a servant earnestly desires the shadow, and as an hireling looks for the reward of his work: