Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 7:2 — As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work:
Phrase of Scripture   Correlating Passages TSK Help

earnestly desireth   Heb. gapeth after. Psa 119:131; Psa 143:6
the shadow   Jer 6:4
as an hireling   Lev 19:13; Deu 24:15; Mal 3:5; Jam 5:4
Correlating Passages
earnestly desireth
Psa 119:131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
Psa 143:6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
the shadow
Jer 6:4 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.
as an hireling
Lev 19:13 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.
Deu 24:15 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.
Mal 3:5 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] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Jam 5:4 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.

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Scott, Thomas. "Job 7:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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