With slight change the verse reads,
As a slave who panteth for the shadow,
And as an hireling who looketh, &c.
The slave in the heat and under his hard toil pants for the shadow of evening, the day's end; and the hireling looks for his wages, that is, the close of the day; cf. Proverbs 21:6.
Verse Job 7:2. _EARNESTLY DESIRETH THE SHADOW_] As a man who labours hard in the _heat_ of the day earnestly desires to get under a _shade_, or wishes for the _long evening shadows_, that he may rest...
AS A SERVANT EARNESTLY DESIRETH - Margin, gapeth after. The word here שׁאף _shâ'aph_ means to breathe hard, to pant, to blow, and then to desire earnestly. THE SHADOW - This may refer either to a sha...
CHAPTER S 6-7 JOB'S ANSWER _ 1. His Despair justified by the greatness of his suffering (Job 6:1)_ 2. He requests to be cut off (Job 6:8) 3. He reproacheth his friends (Job 6:14) 4. The misery of...
Job complains of the misery of his life and destiny. How is it that Job does not go on to maintain his innocence? Instead of this he proceeds to show how dreadfully he suffers, and to accuse God of cr...
THE SHADOW. the shade: i.e. daytime. WORK. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), App-6, for the wages or reward gained by work: i.e. evening....
AS A SERVANT EARNESTLY DESIRETH, &C.— _As a servant panteth for the shade;_ that is, wherein he may refresh and recruit himself when wearied with labours in the heat of the day. Schultens. Heath rende...
5. God decrees what man receives. (Job 7:1-10) TEXT 7:1-10 7 IS THERE NOT A WARFARE TO MAN UPON EARTH? And are not his days like the days of a hireling? 2 As a servant that earnestly desireth the...
_AS A SERVANT EARNESTLY DESIRETH THE SHADOW, AND AS AN HIRELING LOOKETH FOR THE REWARD OF HIS WORK:_ Earnestly desireth - Hebrew, pants for the (evening) shadow х_ YISH'AP_ (H7602) _ TSEEL_ (H6738)]....
JOB'S FIRST SPEECH (CONCLUDED) 1-10. Job laments the hardship and misery of his destiny....
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 7 JOB CONTINUES HIS REPLY T...
A worker waits to receive his wages for his day’s work. But Job thought that he would receive no reward for his good deeds. A slave waits for the evening, when he can sleep. His master cannot control...
כְּ עֶ֥בֶד יִשְׁאַף ־צֵ֑ל וּ֝ כְ שָׂכִ֗יר
VIII. MEN FALSE: GOD OVERBEARING Job 6:1; Job 7:1 Job SPEAKS WORST to endure of all things is the grief that preys on a man's own heart because no channel outside self is provided for the hot strea...
LONGING FOR THE EVENING Job 7:1 The servant eagerly longs for the lengthening shadow, which tells him that his day of labor is at an end, and we may allow ourselves to anticipate the hour of our rew...
Without waiting for their reply, Job broke out into a new lamentation, more bitter than the first, for it came out of a heart whose sorrow was aggravated by the misunderstanding of friends. Indeed, it...
(1) В¶ 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 o...
Job's Answer to Eliphaz I. INTRODUCTION I. Job 7:1 (NKJV) "[Is] [there] not a time of hard service for man on earth? [Are] [not] his days also like the days of a hired man? Job 7:2 Like a servant w...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
AS A SERVANT EARNESTLY DESIRETH THE SHADOW,.... Either the shadow of some great rock, tree, or hedge, or any shady place to shelter him from the heat of the sun in the middle of the day, which in thos...
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work: Ver. 2. _As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, &c._] Heb. Gapeth after, or gaspeth for his s...
_As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow_ Of the evening, the sun-set, or the night, the time allotted for his rest and repose. _For man goeth forth to his labour until the evening, Psalms 104:23_....
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, as the slave eagerly looks forward to the rest after the completion of his work, AND AS AN HIRELING LOOKETH FOR THE REWARD OF HIS WORK, for he also, after r...
THE GENERAL MISERY OF HUMAN LIFE...
DOES GOD NOT RECOMPENSE GOOD DEEDS? (vv.1-16) Job's questions in verse 1 indicate why he was so distressed at God's dealings. No doubt too his friends would agree to his questions. "Is there not a t...
EARNESTLY DESIRETH: _ Heb._ gapeth after...
1-6 Job here excuses what he could not justify, his desire of death. Observe man's present place: he is upon earth. He is yet on earth, not in hell. Is there not a time appointed for his abode here?...
THE SHADOW, i.e. the sun-set, or the night, the time allotted for his rest and repose, PSALMS 104:23. And why may not I also desire the time of my rest? THE REWARD OF HIS WORK, Heb. _his work_; which...
Job 7:2 servant H5650 desires H7602 (H8799) shade H6738 man H7916 looks H6960 (H8762) wages H6467 earnestly desi
Job was sorely troubled by the cruel speeches of his friends, and he answered them out of the bitterness of his soul. What we are first about to read is a part of his language under those circumstance...
CONTENTS: Job's answer to Eliphaz continued. CHARACTERS: God, Job, Eliphaz. CONCLUSION: We believe in the sun even when it is hidden behind a cloud, therefore we should not doubt the goodness of God...
Job 7:1. _Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth?_ הלא צבא _hela zaba,_ Nonne militia est homini super terra, et sicut dies mercenarii dies ejus? “Is not the life of man a warfare upon the e...
_As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow._ LONGING FOR SUNSET The title of this sermon is the subject of a picture. The artist shows an overworked and weary slave, earnestly looking to the wester...
_CONTINUATION OF JOB’S SPEECH_ Job ceases to altercate with Eliphaz and to defend himself. Resumes his complaints, and ends by addressing himself to God. I. COMPLAINS OF THE GENERAL LOT OF HUMANITY...
EXPOSITION JOB 7:1 In this chapter Job first bewails his miserable fate, of which he expects no alleviation (verses 1-10); then claims an unlimited right of complaint (verse 11); and finally enters i...
Is there not an appointed time to man upon the earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling? As a servant earnestly desires the shadow (Job 7:1-2), That is, the shadow of the clock going...
Deuteronomy 24:15; James 5:4; Jeremiah 6:4; Leviticus 19:13; Malachi 3:
Shadow — That is, the sun — set, the time allotted for his rest....