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)]. The Orientals measure time by the length of their shadow. If the servant, wearied witch toil and mid-day heat, longs for the evening, when his hard-earned wages are paid, why may not Job long for the close of his hard service, when he shall enter on his reward? This proves that Job did not, as many maintain, regard the grave as a mere sleep.