As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
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 shade…
Job is here excusing what he could not justify, even his inordinate desire of death. Why should he not wish for the termination of life, which would be the termination of his miseries? To enforce this…
Cambridge Bible
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…
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