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Read Full Chapter (Job 7) Job 7:2-3 KJV
"As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me."
Job 7:2-3 in Context (Verses 1–6 KJV)
1
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?*
2
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:*
3
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.*
5
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
6
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.