KJVAs a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:
Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,
As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,
Job — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
J O B CHAP. VII. Job, in this chapter, goes on to express the bitter sense he had of his calamities and to justify himself in his desire of death. I. He complains to himself and his friends of his troubles, and the constant agitation he was in, ver. 1-6…