Job 7:2
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
שָׂכִיר
sâkîyr
a man at wages by the day or year
פָּנָה
pânâh
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
שַׁחַד
shachad
a donation (venal or redemptive)
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →Cross References
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth...
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his...
Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
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