Verse 2
Job 7:2
Free Bible Version
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Like some slave longing for a bit of shade, like a hired hand anxiously waiting for pay day,
Original Language Text
hebrew
כְּ/עֶ֥בֶד יִשְׁאַף צֵ֑ל וּ֝/כְ/שָׂכִ֗יר יְקַוֶּ֥ה פָעֳלֽ/וֹ
English Translation
As a servant desires shade, so a hired worker looks for his wages.
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Chapter 7 Context
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“Isn't life for human beings like serving a sentence of hard labor? Don't their days pass like those...
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Like some slave longing for a bit of shade, like a hired hand anxiously waiting for pay day,
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When I go to bed I ask, ‘When shall I get up?’ But the night goes on and on, and I toss and turn unt...
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My body is covered with maggots and caked in dirt; my skin is cracked, with oozing sores.
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Remember that my life is just a breath; I will not see happiness again.
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Those watching me won't see me anymore; your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.
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When a cloud disappears, it's gone, just as anyone who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
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They will never return home, and the people they knew will forget them.
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So, no, I won't hold my tongue—I will speak in the agony of my spirit; I will complain in the bitter...
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10
Am I the sea or a sea monster that you have to guard me?
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If I tell myself, ‘I'll feel better if I lie down on my bed,’ or ‘it will help me to lie down on my...
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that I would rather be strangled—I would rather die than become just a bag of bones.
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I hate my life! I know I won't live long. Leave me alone because my life is just a breath.
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Why are human beings so important to you; why are you so concerned about them
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that you inspect them every morning and test them every moment? Won't you ever stop staring at me?
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Won't you ever leave me alone long enough to catch my breath?
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What have I done wrong? What have I done to you, Watcher of Humanity? Why have you made me your targ...
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If so why don't you pardon my sins, and take away my guilt? Right now I'm going to lie down in the d...
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