Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
Cross References
Genesis 34:8But Hamor said to them, "My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
Job 7:1"Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
Job 7:3So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
Treasury of Scripture
As a servant earnestly desires the shadow, and as an hireling looks for the reward of his work:
ernestly desireth.
Psalm 119:131
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
Psalm 143:6
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
the shadow.
Jeremiah 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.
Leviticus 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.
Deuteronomy 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.
Malachi 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.
