the. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel and Septuagint, read "and the".
wages. Hebrew "work". Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for wages earned by it. Note the Divine care for the labourer (Deuteronomy 24:14; Deuteronomy 24:15.Jeremiah 22:13.Malachi 3:5.James 5:4; James 5:4).