Job 7:2

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 renders the next clause, And as the hireling earnestly longeth for his wages.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 desi...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's First Speech (concluded) 1-10. Job laments the hardship and misery of his destiny.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Longing for the Evening Job 7:1-21 The servant eagerly longs for the lengthening shadow, which tells him that his day of labor is at an end, an...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 aggrav...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job's Reply to Eliphaz. B. C. 1520. 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The General Misery of Human Life
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 look...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 24:15 ; James 5:4 ; Jeremiah 6:4 ; Leviticus 19:13 ; Malachi 3:5 ; Psalms 119:131 ; Psalms 143:6
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Shadow — That is, the sun — set, the time allotted for his rest.

² As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

Related Commentaries of Job 7:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 7:2