Job

Job 7:1–2

¹“Is not man consigned to labor on earth?

Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

²Like a slave he longs for shade;

like a hireling he waits for his wages.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Is not	הֲלֹא־	hă·lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
man	לֶאֱנ֣וֹשׁ	le·’ĕ·nō·wōš	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H582 man, mankind
consigned to labor	צָבָ֣א	ṣā·ḇā	Noun - common singular	H6635 army, war, warfare
on	עַל	ʿal	Preposition	H5921 height
earth	אָ֑רֶץ	’ā·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
Are not his days	וְכִימֵ֖י	wə·ḵî·mê	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural construct	H3117 day
like those	יָמָֽיו׃	yā·māw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H3117 day
of a hired hand	שָׂכִ֣יר	śā·ḵîr	Adjective - masculine singular	H7916 hired

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Like a slave	כְּעֶ֥בֶד	kə·‘e·ḇeḏ	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
he longs for	יִשְׁאַף־	yiš·’ap̄-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7602 gasp, pant, pant after, long for
shade	צֵ֑ל	ṣêl	Noun - masculine singular	H6738 shadow
like a hireling	וּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗יר	ū·ḵə·śā·ḵîr	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Adjective - masculine singular	H7916 hired
he waits for	יְקַוֶּ֥ה	yə·qaw·weh	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6960 wait for
his wages	פָעֳלֽוֹ׃	p̄ā·‘o·lōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H6467 doing, deed, work

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 7:1 Job 14:5–6 · Psalm 39:4 · Job 5:7 · Job 14:13–14 · Leviticus 25:50 · Isaiah 40:2 · Ecclesiastes 8:8 · Matthew 20:1–15 · Deuteronomy 15:18 · John 11:9–10

Job 7:2 Leviticus 19:13 · Deuteronomy 24:15 · Malachi 3:5 · James 5:4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.